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Knowles, California

Coordinates: 37°13′12″N 119°52′27″W / 37.22000°N 119.87417°W / 37.22000; -119.87417
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Knowles
Knowles is located in California
Knowles
Knowles
Location in California
Knowles is located in the United States
Knowles
Knowles
Knowles (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°13′12″N 119°52′27″W / 37.22000°N 119.87417°W / 37.22000; -119.87417
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMadera County
Elevation928 ft (283 m)

Knowles (formerly, Dusy's Rock Pile) is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California.[1] It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Raymond,[2] at an elevation of 928 feet (283 m).[1]

A post office operated at Knowles from 1902 to 1955.[2] The name honors F. E. Knowles, owner of a local granite quarry.[2] Knowles was a thriving granite quarrying community in the early 1900s, with a hotel, saloons, and a railroad stop, but by 1963 the town was described as a "ghost community".[3] A granite quarry remains at the site today, although little else remains of the town.

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knowles, California
  2. ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 790. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ Kidder, Karl M. (April 11, 1963). "Ghost towns stir memory of granite boom". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, CA. Retrieved November 29, 2023.