Honcut’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Honcut. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHoncut (formerly, Moores Station) is a census-designated place in Butte County, California, United States. It lies at an elevation of 108 feet (33 m). Lower Honcut Road links the community to California State Route 70. Honcut is near the Yuba County line. Honcut was a stop on the California and Northern Railroad (later Southern Pacific) from the railroad's construction in the 1860s. In 1883, a sawmill was built in Honcut at the terminus of a V-flume from nearby Woodleaf, making Honcut "a bustling, active town." Honcut's post office was established in 1856 and moved back and forth several times between Butte and Yuba Counties, before being closed for good in 1943. Moores Station (named for...
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 370 to 306 (-17%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Honcut yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Honcut’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Honcut’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewHoncut Bridge, Spanning South Hon…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Honcut
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Honcut, decade by decade
2000
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Nothing in Honcut is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Honcut has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Oroville Inn in Palermo, 6.3 miles away.
Honcut and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Honcut Bridge, Spanning South Honcut Creek, Loma Rica, Yuba County, CA and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.