Laddville, California
37°41′5.79″N121°45′45.17″W/ 37.6849417°N 121.7625472°W Laddville(or "Laddsville" ) is a former settlement in the westernLivermore ValleyofAlameda County,California.
It was located east of the settlement which eventually becameLivermore.[1]
History
[edit]A hotel was started in 1855 by Alphonso Ladd, and the community that grew up surrounding the hotel became Laddville.[1]When the railroad was built through the Livermore Valley in August 1869,[2][3]the station was placed west of Laddville near the nascent Livermore.[1]Through growth the city limits of Livermore came to extend over the site of Laddville.[1]
See also
[edit]- Former settlements in Alameda County, California
- List of cities and towns in California
- Livermore, California
References
[edit]- ^abcdDurham, David L. (1998).California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State.Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 655.ISBN1-884995-14-4.
- ^"Western end of the railroad".cdnc.ucr.edu.Stockton Independent, Volume XVII, Number 11, 13 August 1869.Retrieved31 December2019.
- ^"The railroad".cdnc.ucr.edu.Stockton Independent, Volume XVII, Number 16, 19 August 1869.Retrieved31 December2019.
The track of the Western Pacific Railroad was laid to Laddsville yesterday, by a party working eastward.
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