WayfarrowWainwright Village
Ghost town · San Joaquin County, California
Wainwright Village is a ghost town in San Joaquin County, California. It is one of 11 former communities in San Joaquin County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 31st among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Wainwright Village as a historical populated place on the Tracy 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 37.7380° N, 121.4202° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Tracy |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 56 ft |
| Nearest living town | Tracy, CA |
| Distance to it | 1.9 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1827524 |
| Coordinates | 37.73798, -121.42022 |
What's there now
Wainwright Village is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Tracy, CA (population 95,358), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 56 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- San Joaquin Cityghost town · San Joaquin County · 10.1 mi
- Halleyghost town · Stanislaus County · 13.7 mi
- Greenvilleghost town · Alameda County · 15.3 mi
- The Homesteadghost town · San Joaquin County · 15.7 mi
- Tuolumne Cityghost town · Stanislaus County · 18.3 mi
- Avenaghost town · San Joaquin County · 20.7 mi
- Vanormerghost town · Stanislaus County · 22.3 mi
- Stewartghost town · Stanislaus County · 22.8 mi
- Meyersghost town · Stanislaus County · 22.9 mi
- Elliotghost town · Alameda County · 23.4 mi
- Remillardghost town · Alameda County · 24.2 mi
- Radumghost town · Alameda County · 24.5 mi
Questions
Where is Wainwright Village?
Wainwright Village is in San Joaquin County, California, at 37.7380, -121.4202.
How many ghost towns are in San Joaquin County?
San Joaquin County, California has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.