Leavitt, California | |
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Former locale | |
Coordinates: 40°23′46″N 120°31′34″W / 40.39611°N 120.52611°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Lassen |
Elevation | 4,104 ft (1,251 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 ( PST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 226986 [1] |
Leavitt is an unincorporated community in Lassen County, California, United States, located alongside the Southern Pacific Railroad, Fernley and Lassen Railway branch, 7 miles (11 km) east of Susanville, [2] and 7 miles west of Litchfield, at an elevation of 4,104 feet (1,251 m). [1] It is the site of the High Desert State Prison.
Benjamin Hanson Leavitt (1834–1918), a pioneer rancher and lumberman who came from the state of Maine, settled in Lassen County in 1864 [3] and proposed to build this town on his ranch in 1912. It consisted of one store, a few dwellings and a corral. [4] Benjamin Leavitt was a descendant of Samuel Leavitt of Exeter, New Hampshire.
Benjamin Leavitt engineered the Honey Lake Valley irrigation system, including Leavitt Lake. [5] Leavitt also named nearby Clinton, California, for his hometown of Clinton in Kennebec County, Maine. [6] (The town was renamed Leavitt Lake in 1973 when house construction began there.) [7] Benjamin Leavitt was married to Celara Cleveland (Edwards) Leavitt, born in Massachusetts.
A post office at Leavitt was established in October 1914, and named after May F. Leavitt, the first postmaster. It was discontinued in December 1920. [8]
Leavitt, California | |
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Former locale | |
Coordinates: 40°23′46″N 120°31′34″W / 40.39611°N 120.52611°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Lassen |
Elevation | 4,104 ft (1,251 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 ( PST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 226986 [1] |
Leavitt is an unincorporated community in Lassen County, California, United States, located alongside the Southern Pacific Railroad, Fernley and Lassen Railway branch, 7 miles (11 km) east of Susanville, [2] and 7 miles west of Litchfield, at an elevation of 4,104 feet (1,251 m). [1] It is the site of the High Desert State Prison.
Benjamin Hanson Leavitt (1834–1918), a pioneer rancher and lumberman who came from the state of Maine, settled in Lassen County in 1864 [3] and proposed to build this town on his ranch in 1912. It consisted of one store, a few dwellings and a corral. [4] Benjamin Leavitt was a descendant of Samuel Leavitt of Exeter, New Hampshire.
Benjamin Leavitt engineered the Honey Lake Valley irrigation system, including Leavitt Lake. [5] Leavitt also named nearby Clinton, California, for his hometown of Clinton in Kennebec County, Maine. [6] (The town was renamed Leavitt Lake in 1973 when house construction began there.) [7] Benjamin Leavitt was married to Celara Cleveland (Edwards) Leavitt, born in Massachusetts.
A post office at Leavitt was established in October 1914, and named after May F. Leavitt, the first postmaster. It was discontinued in December 1920. [8]