Gas Point
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 40.416, -122.534
Why it was abandoned
⛏️ Gold rush
Detected automatically from the text: It was also known as Pinckney and Janesville and started as a 1849 California Gold Rush mining town after gold was found at Reading's Bar.
History
Gas Point is a former unincorporated community and former ghost town in Shasta County, California, United States, on Cottonwood Creek. It was also known as Pinckney and Janesville and started as a 1849 California Gold Rush mining town after gold was found at Reading's Bar.