Britona, California

Coordinates: 38°49′28″N 121°54′32″W / 38.82444°N 121.90889°W / 38.82444; -121.90889

Britona
Former settlement
Britona Location in California
Coordinates: 38°49′28″N 121°54′32″W / 38.82444°N 121.90889°W / 38.82444; -121.90889
Country	United States
State	California
County	Yolo County
Elevation^[1]	43 ft (13 m)

Britona (also, Bretona)^[2] is a former settlement in Yolo County, California. It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of Zamora,^[2] at an elevation of 43 feet (13 m). Britona still appeared on maps as of 1907.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Britona, California
1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 454. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Britona, California

Municipalities and communities of Yolo County, California, United States

County seat: Woodland

Cities	Davis West Sacramento Winters Woodland

CDPs	Clarksburg Dunnigan Esparto Guinda Knights Landing Madison Monument Hills University of California, Davis Yolo

Unincorporated communities	Arcade Arroz Beatrice Brooks Browns Corner Cadenasso Capay Central Citrona Conaway Coniston Daisie Dufour El Macero El Rio Villa Fremont Green Greendale Hershey‡ Jacobs Corner Kiesel King Farms Lovdal Lund Merritt Mikon Morgans Landing Norton Peethill Plainfield Riverview Rumsey Saxon Sorroca Sugarfield Swingle Tancred Tyndall Landing Valdez Vin Webster Willow Point Zamora

Ghost towns	Britona Buckeye Charleston Cottonwood Curtis Eastham Elvaton Fourness Fremont Landing French Camp Garlic Hebron Howard Knights Landing Junction Kobe Laugenour Leeman Liwaito Marty Mullen Oat Valley Paramount Peart Plumtree Ronda Rose Garden Wycoff

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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