Grapit, California

Grapit
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°40′52″N 122°11′39″W / 39.68111°N 122.19417°W / 39.68111; -122.19417
Country	United States
State	California
County	Glenn County
Elevation^[1]	220 ft (67 m)

Grapit is an unincorporated community in Glenn County, California.^[1] It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Orland,^[2] at an elevation of 220 feet (67 m).^[1] The name is a contraction of "gravel pit", several of which are in the area.

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grapit, California
↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 242. 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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