Jacinto, California

Coordinates: 39°34′52″N 122°00′24″W / 39.58111°N 122.00667°W / 39.58111; -122.00667

Jacinto
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°34′52″N 122°00′24″W / 39.58111°N 122.00667°W / 39.58111; -122.00667
Country	United States
State	California
County	Glenn County
Elevation^[1]	112 ft (34 m)

Jacinto is a small unincorporated community in Glenn County, California.^[1] Named for Jacinto Rodriques, who received a Mexican land grant in the area in 1844, it is located on the Sacramento River 11 miles (18 km) east-northeast of Willows,^[2] at an elevation of 112 feet (34 m).^[1]

A post office was established at Jacinto March 19, 1858 and operated until November 15, 1910.^[2] Jacinto was the home of Dr. Hugh J. Glenn, a prominent figure in California politics.

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jacinto, California
1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 257. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Glenn County, California, United States

County seat: Willows

Cities	Orland Willows

CDPs	Artois Elk Creek Hamilton City

Unincorporated communities	Afton Alder Springs Bayliss Bluegum Butte City Capay Chrome Codora Copper City Cory Dogtown Fiddlers Green Fruto Glenn Grapit Greenwood Jacinto Jenks Place Keller Place Logandale Lone Star Meyers Place Mills Orchard Newville Norman Ordbend Rotavele Wilson Place Wyo

Indian reservations	Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians

Ghost towns	Belvedere Floyd Kanawha Kurand Losa Lyman Malton Millsaps Millsholm Monroeville Olimpo Reynolds Place Winslow

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