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  • UPDATED: 4/16/13 Cantil was established in either 1908 or 1909 as a stop on the Nevada and California Railroad. The first homesteaders didn’t arrive in the area until 1911, at which time they found the name “Cantil” on a sign beside the platform next to the railroad. Before the communities first post office was established in 1916, the train would...4August 7, 2011

    Cantil, CA

    UPDATED: 4/16/13 Cantil was established in either 1908 or 1909 as a stop on the Nevada and California Railroad. The first homesteaders didn’t arrive in the area until 1911, at which time they found the name “Cantil” on a sign beside the platform next to the railroad. Before the communities first post office was established in 1916, the train would…