Ockenden, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Coordinates: 37°05′20″N 119°19′03″W﻿ / ﻿37.08889°N 119.31750°W﻿ / 37.08889; -119.31750

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Ockenden

Unincorporated community

Ockenden

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Ockenden

Ockenden (the United States)

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Coordinates: 37°05′20″N 119°19′03″W﻿ / ﻿37.08889°N 119.31750°W﻿ / 37.08889; -119.31750
Country| United States
State| California
County| Fresno County
Elevation

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| 5,568 ft (1,697 m)

Ockenden is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California.[1] It is located 1.25 miles (2.0 km) south of Shaver Lake Heights,[2] at an elevation of 5568 feet (1697 m).[1]

A post office operated at Ockenden from 1893 to 1918.[2] The name commemorates Thomas J. Ockenden, its first postmaster.[2]

Bretz Mill operated one mile to the east on Pine Ridge. Established by Iowan Joseph Bretz in the 1880s it produced millions of board feet and manufactured posts, shakes and shingles.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ockenden, 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. 1082\. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
3. ^ Clough, Charles W.; Secrest, William B. (1984). Fresno County: The pioneer years, from the beginnings to 1900. Panorama West Books. pp. 188–207. ISBN 9780914330707.

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