Agua Mansa, California

Agua Mansa
Ghost town
Agua Mansa is located in California
Agua Mansa
Agua Mansa
Location within the state of California
Agua Mansa is located in the United States
Agua Mansa
Agua Mansa
Agua Mansa (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°02′31″N 117°21′50″W / 34.04194°N 117.36389°W / 34.04194; -117.36389
CountryUnited States of America
StateCalifornia
CountySan Bernardino
Elevation
[1]
922 ft (281 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID238451
Agua Mansa Cemetery
Built1845
DesignatedMay 15, 1933
Reference no.121

Agua Mansa (Spanish for "gentle water")[2] is a former settlement in an unincorporated area of San Bernardino County, near Colton, California, United States. Once the largest settlement in San Bernardino County, it is now a ghost town. Only the cemetery remains.[3]

The town was established in 1842 in early California Alta California.[4] It was on the Santa Ana River, across from the era settlement of La Placita.[5] Agua Mansa and La Placita were the first non-native settlements in the San Bernardino Valley.[6] Together known as "San Salvador",[7] they were also the largest settlements between Santa Fe de Nuevo México and the Pueblo de Los Ángeles in the 1840s.[8]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Agua Mansa Cemetery
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  3. ^ "Agua Mansa". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  4. ^ Crafts, Eliza Persis Russell Robbins; McGehee, Fannie P. (1906). Pioneer days in the San Bernardino valley. Kingsley, Moles & Collins Co. p. 19. ISBN 9783849680169.
  5. ^ Dwyer, Jeff (2006). Ghost Hunter's Guide to Los Angeles. Pelican Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 1-58980-404-X.
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  8. ^ Hiltner, Nita (January 30, 2010). "Rich history found at Colton cemetery". The Press-Enterprise. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2010.