Norman, California
Coordinates: 39°24′29″N 122°11′31″W / 39.40806°N 122.19194°W
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 Solar eclipse of January 1, 1889, from Norman, CA | |
  Norman Location in California  Norman Norman (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°24′29″N 122°11′31″W / 39.40806°N 122.19194°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Glenn County |
| Elevation | 92 ft (28 m) |
Norman is an archaic placename in Glenn County, California.[1] It was a railroad stop along the Southern Pacific Railroad ("Woodland Line")[2] 8 miles (13 km) south of Willows,[3] at an elevation of 92 feet (28 m).[1]
History[edit]
A post office operated at Norman from 1870 to 1914, with a closure from 1889 to 1890.[3] The post office was known as Belvidere for two months in 1879 before it was renamed Norman, after a rancher named Norman Rideout.[4][5] The original Norman railroad depot was destroyed in a fire in 1886.[6] The location was in the path of the solar eclipse of 1 January 1889.[7] Norman was a farming community in the 19th century.[8][9] California State Senator John Boggs had a ranch near Norman[10] where he held indentures for 13 native California indigenous people.[11] Norman lay between Logandale and Colusa Junction, and still appeared on maps as of 1939.[12]
Climate[edit]
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Norman has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Norman, California
- ↑ "Maxwell Quad 1904 - California Topographic Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online". maps.lib.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 285. ISBN 1-884995-14-4. Search this book on
- ↑ "History & Happenings - GLENN COUNTY - Belvidere > Norman". historyandhappenings.squarespace.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ↑ "Record Group 28: Records of the Post Office DepartmentSeries: Reports of Site Locations - California: Glenn - Imperial - NAID: 68225674".
- ↑ "Brief notes". The Record-Union. 1886-11-25. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ↑ "The Solar Eclipse". The Sacramento Bee. 1888-12-22. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ↑ "For the farmer". The Sacramento Bee. 1890-11-15. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ↑ "Norman (Colusa County)". The Marysville Appeal. 1883-03-27. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ↑ "Swallowed Strychnine". The San Francisco Examiner. 1897-08-08. p. 32. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ↑ Magliari, Michael F. (2012). "Free State Slavery: Bound Indian Labor and Slave Trafficking in California's Sacramento Valley, 1850–1864". Pacific Historical Review. 81 (2): 155–192. doi:10.1525/phr.2012.81.2.155. ISSN 0030-8684. JSTOR 10.1525/phr.2012.81.2.155.
- ↑ "Metsker's map of Glenn County, California". archives.csuchico.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ↑ Climate Summary for Norman, California
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