Flumeville, California

{{Short description|Archaic placename in California, United States}}

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|name = Flumeville

|other_name = Rollerville

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|settlement_type =Unincorporated community

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|subdivision_name2 = Mendocino County

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Flumeville, now more commonly known as Rollerville or Rollerville Junction, is an archaic placename in Mendocino County, California. It is located {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} north-northwest of Point Arena,{{California's Geographic Names|61}} at an elevation of 190 feet (58 m).

The site where the Flumeville bridge crosses the Garcia River was a Pomo village site called pda'haū, later known as the Manchester ranchería, or Garcia River ranchería.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sgKtzCmHuMMC&q=flumeville&pg=PA164 |title=The Ethno-geography of the Pomo and Neighboring Indians - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS IN AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY |date=1908 |pages=162, 164 |language=en}} Flumeville was also known as Rollville or Rollerville, or was marked on old maps as "Hoisting Works",{{Cite book |last=Levene |first=Bruce |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dPI8AAAAIAAJ&q=mendocino+rollerville |title=Mendocino County Remembered: An Oral History |date=1976 |publisher=Mendocino County Historical Society |pages=80 |language=en}} and was the site of the Garcia Mill.{{Cite book |last=Durston |first=Tammy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ryu8mn9YHicC&dq=flumeville+%22garcia+river%22&pg=PA95 |title=Legendary Locals of the Mendonoma Coast: California |date=2012 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4671-0013-7 |pages=95 |language=en}} Lumber mill workers created a massive water wheel and flume to float logs via raised water troughs to the Pacific Ocean. In the early 20th century the very small town of Flumeville (or Rollerville) was a railroad stop.{{Cite book |last=Tahja |first=Katy M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wnQ6rrU0N88C&dq=flumeville+rollerville&pg=PT28 |title=Early Mendocino Coast |date=2008-09-08 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4396-2087-8 |language=en}} The flume was demolished in 1915.

The former site of Flumeville is now "the turnoff west to Point Arena Lighthouse from Shoreline Highway". Flumeville Bridge and Rollerville Junction Campground (also known as Flumeville Campground) are used by recreational fisherman seeking steelhead trout.{{Cite book |last=Press |first=Wilderness Adventures |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NKALjwAkLsC&q=%22garcia+river%22&pg=PA39 |title=California's Best Fishing Waters: 182 Detailed Maps of 31 of the Best Rivers and Streams |date=May 2007 |publisher=Wilderness Adventures Press |isbn=978-1-932098-49-5 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Stienstra |first=Tom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SWv6dqfXRQgC&dq=flumeville+rollerville&pg=PA296 |title=Moon California Camping: The Complete Guide to More Than 1,400 Tent and RV Campgrounds |date=2007-01-11 |publisher=Avalon Publishing |isbn=978-1-56691-831-2 |pages=296 |language=en}}