| 词条 | Metz, California |
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|name = Metz |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type =Unincorporated community |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map =California |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption =Location in California |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name =United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = California |subdivision_type2 =County |subdivision_name2 = Monterey County |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = | |established_title = |established_date = |coordinates = {{coord|36|21|18|N|121|12|42|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = [1] |elevation_m =72 |elevation_ft =236 |footnotes = }}Metz (formerly, Chalone) is an unincorporated community in the Salinas Valley, in Monterey County, California.[1] It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad and County Route G15, {{convert|3|mi|km}} northeast of Greenfield,[2] at an elevation of 236 feet (72 m).[1] HistoryThe first European land exploration of Alta California, the Spanish Portolá expedition, camped in this vicinity on September 27, 1769, having followed the Salinas River from the south.[3] A post office operated at Metz from 1888 to 1933.[2] The place was originally called Chalone when the railroad was built to the site in 1886.[2] Upon the establishment of the post office, the settlement was renamed Metz in honor of W.H.H. Metz, its first postmaster.[2] References1. ^1 2 {{gnis|1661018}} {{Monterey County, California}}{{MontereyCountyCA-geo-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 {{California's Geographic Names|924}} 3. ^{{cite book |last=Bolton |first=Herbert E. |pages=198-199 |year=1927 |title=Fray Juan Crespi: Missionary Explorer on the Pacific Coast, 1769-1774 |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000288788 |deadurl= |location= |publisher=HathiTrust Digital Library |accessdate=April 2014}} 3 : Unincorporated communities in Monterey County, California|Salinas Valley|Unincorporated communities in California |
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