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Coordinates: 37°35′18″N 121°38′52″W / 37.58833°N 121.64778°W / 37.58833; -121.64778

Mendenhall Springs
—  Unincorporated community  —
Mendenhall Springs is located in California
Mendenhall Springs
Location in California
Coordinates: 37°35′18″N 121°38′52″W / 37.58833°N 121.64778°W / 37.58833; -121.64778
Country United States
State California
County Alameda County
Elevation [1] 1,818 ft (554 m)

Mendenhall Springs is an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California. It is located 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Livermore,[2] at an elevation of 1818 feet (554 m).

William M. Mendenhall established a health spa here in the 1870s, which by 1909 had accommodations for 75 people, from springs that had been diverted through tunnels originally bored for gold prospecting.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographical Names Information System: Mendenhall Springs, California
  2. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 662. ISBN 9781884995149.  







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