May, California

Coordinates: 38°25′12″N 121°00′26″W / 38.42000°N 121.00722°W / 38.42000; -121.00722

May
Former settlement
May Location in California
Coordinates: 38°25′12″N 121°00′26″W / 38.42000°N 121.00722°W / 38.42000; -121.00722
Country	United States
State	California
County	Amador County
Elevation^[1]	223 ft (68 m)

May is a former settlement in Amador County, California. It was located about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Carbondale,^[2] at an elevation of 223 feet (68 m). A post office operated at May from 1881 to 1920.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: May, 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. 461. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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

Municipalities and communities of Amador County, California, United States

County seat: Jackson

Cities	Amador City Ione Jackson Plymouth Sutter Creek

CDPs	Buckhorn Buena Vista Camanche North Shore Camanche Village Drytown Fiddletown Kirkwood‡ Martell Pine Grove Pioneer Red Corral River Pines Volcano

Unincorporated communities	Allen Barton Bonnefoy Bunker Hill Carbondale Clarsona Clinton Dagon Edwin Electra Enterprise Firebrick Kit Carson New Chicago Pine Acres Plasse Ranch House Estates Scottsville Sunnybrook Sutter Hill

Ghost towns	Amador Crossing Arkansas Ferry Armstrong's Mill Butte City Camp O'pera Camp Union Cape Cod Bar Chaparral Hill China City Chinatown Copper Hill Defender Dew Drop Figtree Forest Home Fort Ann Fort John French Camp Hardenburg Herbertville Irishtown Lancha Plana Lignite Lower Rancheria Mahala Flat May Middle Bar Milligan District Old Rancheria Pokerville Pomegranate Ranlett Ritchey Secreta Snake Flat Tragedy Spring Union Flat Watkins Bar Wieland Yeomet Yusumne

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

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