• Total: 2.816 sq mi (7.292 km 2) • Land: 2.811 sq mi (7.281 km 2) • Water: 0.005 sq mi (0.012 km 2) 0.16%: Elevation

Named for John B. Felton, a former Oakland, California mayor, a judge and a San Francisco Bay Area investor in his day, the town is an historic logging community. Felton served as the lower terminus of the San Lorenzo Valley Logging Flume from Boulder Creek, which began construction in 1874 and when formally opened in October 1875 was augmented by a new rail line to …