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Ogilby, California

Field	Value
name	Ogilby, California
settlement_type	Ghost town
pushpin_map	California
pushpin_label	Ogilby
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in California
pushpin_image	California Locator Map with US.PNG
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	California
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Imperial County
established_title	Founded
established_date	1877
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	364
elevation_m	111
area_code_type	Area codes
area_code	442/760
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	06-53420
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info

Ogilby (formerly, Oglesby) Ogilby is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 42 mi east of El Centro, and 3.8 mi north of Interstate 8 on County Road S34. The name is official for federal use, and a feature ID number of 252950 has been assigned. Ogilby is defined by the US Geological Survey as a populated place at 356 ft AMSL elevation. NAD27 latitude and longitude are listed at on the "Ogilby, California" 7.5-minute quadrangle (map). It is included in the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District. It lies at an elevation of 364 ft.

History

Ogilby was founded as a railroad stop for the Southern Pacific in 1877, and served as a supply point for the mining communities of Glamis, Hedges, and Tumco. The Oglesby post office operated for part of 1880. The Ogilby post office operated from 1890 to 1895, moving in 1892, and from 1898 to 1942. The name honors E.R. Ogilby, mine promoter. Parts of the second Plank Road were assembled in Ogilby. The town was abandoned by 1961.

Nearby

Ogilby lies along the Union Pacific Railroad tracks east of Algodones Dunes.

Ogilby Hills, to the southeast, have summits in the 600 - AMSL range.

A Catholic cemetery exists to the south and west of the railroad line at .

The closest city is Yuma, Arizona, at about 25 mi driving distance.

The international border with Mexico lies about 9 mi in a straight line to the south. The Arizona state line lies about 7 mi southeast.

Communications

There is no ZIP code assigned to Ogilby. The area lies within area code 760.

Government

In the California State Legislature, Ogilby is in , and in .{{Cite web | access-date = March 8, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html | archive-date = February 1, 2015 | url-status = dead

In the United States House of Representatives, Ogilby is in .

References

Dolan, Christy. (2005). "Ogilby: A Desert Station on the Southern Pacific Railroad". Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology.
{{Cite GNIS. 252950. Ogilby
is a [[ghost town]] in [[Imperial County, California
{{California's Geographic Names. 1450
"Ogilby, California," 7.5-minute quadrangle (map), US Geological Survey, 1997.
"National Geographic Names Database," US Geological Survey, 1995.
"Ogilby, California," "Grays Well NE, California," and "Araz, California," 7.5-minute quadrangles (maps), US Geological Survey.
{{Cite GovTrack. CA. 51

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