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For the community in Lassen County formerly with this name, see Johnstonville, California.
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Toadtown
Unincorporated community
Toadtown is located in California
Toadtown
Toadtown
Location in California
Toadtown is located in the United States
Toadtown
Toadtown
Location in the United States
Country United States
State California
County Butte County
Elevation
2,782 ft (848 m)

Toadtown (formerly, Allentown) is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2782 feet (848 m).

A sawmill was established near Toadtown, on Little Butte Creek, in 1859. A major underground gold mine at the site began a few years later, and had a ball mill for crushing hard gold-bearing rock. The El Monte mine made a strike of high-grade ore in September, 1930, which yielded several hundred dollars and some good specimens. All traces of mining activity were gone by 1970.

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