Westville was a former settlement in Placer County,

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. Westville was located northeast of

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, at an elevation of 5249 feet (1600 m). The Westville post office operated from 1889 to 1919. The name honors the first postmaster, George C. West. Westville was once a supply and staging center for forty mines in the area. By 1925, only two residents remained, both of whom were arrested on October 8 of that year for possession of liquor, rendering Westville a "ghost city". Little remains at the site today.

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Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Placer County, California {{PlacerCountyCA-geo-stub