Whitney, California

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Whitney
Unincorporated community
Whitney is located in California
Whitney
Whitney
Location in California
Coordinates: 38°50′01″N 121°18′25″W / 38.83361°N 121.30694°W / 38.83361; -121.30694Coordinates: 38°50′01″N 121°18′25″W / 38.83361°N 121.30694°W / 38.83361; -121.30694
Country United States
State California
CountyPlacer County
Elevation
[1]
131 ft (40 m)

Whitney is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California.[1] Whitney is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northwest of Roseville.[2] It lies at an elevation of 131 feet (40 m)[1] and is home to the Thunder Valley Casino Resort.

The name honors a local rancher, Joel Parker Whitney.[2]

Whitney's Pyramid Tomb is located in Rocklin, California at

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38°49′33″N 121°14′48″W / 38.825928°N 121.246666°W / 38.825928; -121.246666 and is accessible from Rocklin Monument Park from two approaches. The first if from the paved walking path of the park that begins in the cul-de-sac of Ketchikan Drive, and the second is from a footpath starting near the end of Hood Road and Sitka Drive in Rocklin.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitney, California
  2. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 576. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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