Minturn is an
unincorporated community 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.
It is located on the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, and ...
and
California State Route 99 north-northwest of
Chowchilla
The chowchilla (''Orthonyx spaldingii'') is a passerine bird in the family Orthonychidae. It is endemic to Australia.
Taxonomy
In their 1999 study, Schodde and Mason recognise two adjoining subspecies, ''O. s. spaldingii'' and ''O. s. melas ...
,
at an elevation of 236 feet (72 m).
Minturn is near the Geographic Center of California, between Madera and Merced.
A post office operated at Minturn from 1884 to 1922.
The name honors Jonas and Thomas Minturn, wheat farmers who had a railroad siding built at the place in 1872.
Jonas (April 4, 1819–August 1, 1884) and Abby West (March 8, 1820–May 19, 1899) Minturn (m. 1843), settled in the area in the 19th century and are buried nearby.
The Minturn Nut Company is located nearby at 8800 S. Minturn Road,
Le Grand.
Related information
Jonas Minturn was a member of the same family that ran
Grinnell, Minturn & Co.
Jonas and Abby West Minturn's children were Mary, Thomas, Gertrude, Madeline, and James.
[John Russell Bartlett, ''History of the Wanton family of Newport, Rhode Island''. 1878. p. 144.]
James W. Minturn went on to run The Sharon Estate. He built a country home in Sunnyside, Fresno County in 1912 and completed it in 1913. The home still stands today across from Sunnyside Country Club. He was killed as a result of an automobile accident in 1917. He was survived by his wife Rozene Minturn. (Fresno Morning Republican Newspaper)
References
External links
Minturn Nut Company
Unincorporated communities in California
Unincorporated communities in Madera County, California
1884 establishments in California
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