Aldenville

E358014
former populated place historical place name

Aldenville is the former name of the small Sierra Nevada foothill town now known as Colfax, California.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Aldenville canonical 2

Statements (15)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former populated place ⓘ
historical place name ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
elevationCategory foothill town ⓘ
formerNameOf Colfax, California ⓘ
hasFormerName Aldenville self-linksurface differs ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Placer County ⓘ
surface form: Placer County, California

Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
locatedOn route of the First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
namedAfter Alden family (local settlers) ⓘ
partOf Gold Rush–era settlements in California ⓘ
reasonForNameChange renamed in honor of Schuyler Colfax ⓘ
replacedBy Colfax, California ⓘ
timePeriod mid-19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colfax, California → originalName → Aldenville ⓘ
Aldenville → hasFormerName → Aldenville self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Colfax, California