White Horse, California

White Horse
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 41°18′40″N 121°23′54″W / 41.31111°N 121.39833°W / 41.31111; -121.39833Coordinates: 41°18′40″N 121°23′54″W / 41.31111°N 121.39833°W / 41.31111; -121.39833
Country	United States
State	California
County	Modoc County
Elevation^[1]	4,423 ft (1,348 m)

White Horse (also, Whitehorse and Kinyon)^[2] is an unincorporated community in Modoc County, California.^[1] It is located on the former Great Northern Railway Hambone Line, off the Bieber Line, that connected with the McCloud River Railroad. 25 miles (40 km) west-northwest of Adin,^[2] 0.7 miles (1.1 km) east of Whitehorse Flat Reservoir and 47 miles (76 km) west-southwest of Alturas, at an elevation of 4423 feet (1348 m).^[1]

The White Horse post office opened in 1930, changed its name to Kinyon in 1952, and closed in 1964.^[2]

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: White Horse, California
1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 429. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Modoc County, California, United States

County seat: Alturas

City	Alturas

CDPs	Adin California Pines Canby Cedarville Daphnedale Park Eagleville Fort Bidwell Lake City Likely Lookout New Pine Creek Newell

Unincorporated communities	Ambrose Boles Bormister Brooks Mill Campbell Cantrall Mill Christensen Copic Cornell D Flourney Dalton Davis Creek Day Demuth Derner Dibble Place Fairport Fletcher Place Flourney Grizzlie Place Hackamore Hannchen Harper Homestead Juniper K Flourney Kalina Kandra Kauffman Kephart Lakeview Junction Liskey Lookout Junction Mammoth McArthur McGarva Meares Menlo Baths Mulkey Place Old Hulbert Place Perez R Flourney Ramsey Scarface Staley Stronghold Surprise Station Tionesta Tuber Vestil White Horse Williams Willow Ranch

Indian reservations	Alturas Indian Rancheria Fort Bidwell Reservation XL Rancheria

Former settlements	Astakiwi Bayley Chumawi Craig Doles Fleener Fletcher Ghent Glass Mountain Hollenbeck Hot Springs Indian Camp Ivy Joffre Keshlakchuis Keuchishkeni Lillian Mattes Paola Potter Stobie Straw Suty Wade Widgeon

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