Minarets is a former settlement in
Madera County
Madera County (), officially the County of Madera, is a county at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 156,255. The county seat is Madera.
Madera County comprises the Madera, CA Metr ...
,
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
.
It was located southeast of
North Fork.
A post office operated at Minarets from 1925 to 1933.
Minarets was the terminus of the
Minarets and Western Railroad.
The name ''Minarets'' was applied to a geologic feature in the county; see
Minarets (California)
The Minarets are a series of jagged peaks located in the Ritter Range, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in the state of California. They are easily viewed from Minaret Summit, which is accessible by auto. Collectively, they form an arête, and ar ...
. The name was applied to a city planned as the county seat for the then newly established Madera County located east of
Madera.
References
Former settlements in Madera County, California
Former populated places in California
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