Baxter, California

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Baxter
Unincorporated community
Baxter is located in California
Baxter
Baxter
Location in California
Baxter is located in the United States
Baxter
Baxter
Baxter (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°12′47″N 120°46′52″W / 39.21306°N 120.78111°W / 39.21306; -120.78111
Country United States
State California
CountyPlacer
Elevation
3,891 ft (1,186 m)

Baxter is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Baxter is located 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Dutch Flat. It lies at an elevation of 3891 feet (1186 m).

Baxter started as a travelers' rest stop on the Lincoln Highway, later US 40. Food, lodging, and gasoline were available at the site, which remained a service stop into the 1980s. Baxter was also the point at which US 40 was closed over Donner Pass during heavy snow. The townsite was destroyed by a wildfire in 1998.

The Baxter post office opened in 1935.

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baxter, 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. 447. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ Sommers, Arthur (2010). Placer County. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0-7385-7153-9.


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