unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Placer County
Placer County ( ; ''Placer'', Spanish language, Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was ...
,
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
. Towle was located on the
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Railroad classes#Class I, Class I Rail transport, railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was oper ...
, east of Dutch Flat. It lies at an elevation of 3694 feet (1126 m).
History
The name honors George and Allen Towle, local lumbermen. The Towle post office operated from 1891 to 1935. Towle was the site where a narrow-gauge lumber railroad connected to the Southern Pacific; it had stores, a town hall, and boarding houses. Most of Towle had been abandoned by the time Interstate 80 was built through the area. Only the foundation of the train station remains today.
Notable person
* Katherine Amelia Towle (1898–1986), United States Marine Corps officer and educator, was born in Towle."Katherine Towle, 87, Ex-Dean at Berkeley", ''The New York Times'', March 8, 1986