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Tosco

Ghost town · Riverside County, California

Blythe NE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000)
Blythe NE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Tosco 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 Tosco as a historical populated place on the Blythe NE 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 33.6922° N, 114.6025° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBlythe NE
Elevation283 ft
Nearest living townBlythe, CA
Distance to it2.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1701985
Coordinates33.69224, -114.60246

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What's there now

Tosco is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Blythe, CA (population 17,824), about 2.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 283 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 Tosco?

Tosco is in Riverside County, California, at 33.6922, -114.6025.

How many ghost towns are in Riverside County?

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

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