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Auld

Ghost town · Riverside County, California

Murrieta quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 1:62,500)
Murrieta quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Auld is a ghost town in Riverside County, California. It is one of 13 former communities in Riverside County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 27th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Auld as a historical populated place on the Bachelor Mountain topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 33.5861° N, 117.0614° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBachelor Mountain
Elevation1,474 ft
Nearest living townFrench Valley, CA
Distance to it2.8 miles
GNIS feature ID1701421
Coordinates33.58614, -117.06142

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What's there now

Auld is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is French Valley, CA (population 42,550), about 2.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,474 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Auld?

Auld is in Riverside County, California, at 33.5861, -117.0614.

How many ghost towns are in Riverside County?

Riverside County, California has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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