Glen Frazer, California
Glen Frazer | |
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.jpg) Santa Fe Railway tracks at Glen Frazer in 1985 | |
  Glen Frazer Location in California | |
| Coordinates: 37°59′54″N 122°09′46″W / 37.99833°N 122.16278°WCoordinates: 37°59′54″N 122°09′46″W / 37.99833°N 122.16278°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Contra Costa County |
| Elevation | 295 ft (90 m) |
| GNIS ID[1][2] | 1658615 |
| FIPS code[1][2] | 06-30056 |
Glen Frazer,[1] formerly known as Frazerville,[3] is an unincorporated farming community in Contra Costa County, California, United States.[1] It is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Orinda,[3] at an elevation of 295 feet (90 m).[1] It was the name of the train station used by the Santa Fe Railroad (formerly, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad).[3] It is located along Franklin Canyon Road about 100 yards east of McHarry Ranch Rd. The sign marking the location of the old station disappeared in the mid-1990s and was near the town of Martinez, CA. The BNSF Railway still runs along the canyon and past this location. The train right of way was donated to the Santa Fe Railroad by George Frazer (he received a train pass used once to go to Oakland.[4], but there never was a person named Glen Frazer. It was named Glen because it sat in a glen.{Julian Frazer family history}
A post office operated at Glen Frazer from 1898 to 1899 (under the name Frazerville) and from 1906 to 1919.[3] Frazer was the name of an early nearby rancher.[3]
The station was demolished in 1965.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Glen Frazer (Contra Costa County, California)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
"FIPS55 Data: California". FIPS55 Data. United States Geological Survey. February 23, 2006. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved May 11, 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help); External link in|work=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 636. ISBN 1-884995-14-4. Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Whitney, Russ (July 15, 1965). "Farewell to a Landmark". Oakland Tribune. p. 23. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
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