Fountain Springs was a settlement established in

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, before 1855, at the junction of the

Stockton–Los Angeles Road The Stockton–Los Angeles Road, also known as the Millerton Road, Stockton–Mariposa Road, Stockton–Fort Miller Road or the Stockton–Visalia Road, was established about 1853 following the discovery of gold on the Kern River in Old Tulare Cou ...

and the road to the

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gold mines. From 1858 to 1861, Fountain Springs was a station on the

Butterfield Overland Mail Butterfield Overland Mail (officially the Overland Mail Company)Waterman L. Ormsby, edited by Lyle H. Wright and Josephine M. Bynum, "The Butterfield Overland Mail", The Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1991. was a stagecoach service i ...

route, southeast of Tule River Station and north of Mountain House. The site of the settlement was northwest of the

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No. 648 on the southwest corner of County Roads J22 and M 109 (old Springville Stage Route) in Tulare County. Fountain Spring (singular) refers to a spring in Tulare County used in the 19th century for domestic and garden water supply.

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* Former settlements in Tulare County, California Ghost towns in California Populated places established in 1854 Butterfield Overland Mail in California 1854 establishments in California Stagecoach stops in the United States {{TulareCountyCA-geo-stub