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Line 1: {{~~Unreferenced~~Use mdy dates\|date=~~May~~July ~~2010~~2023}} {{Short description\|Unincorporated community in California, United States}} '''Timba''' (or '''Orestimba''') is a small unincorporated town in [[Stanislaus County]], [[California]], [[United States]]<ref>{{cite gnis\|1660002\|Timba}}</ref>, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of [[Newman, California\|Newman]].▼ ▲'''Timba''' (or[[Yokuts]]: '''Orestimba''', meaning "meeting place") is a small unincorporated town in [[Stanislaus County]], [[California]], [[United States]],<ref>{{cite gnis\|1660002\|Timba}}</ref>, about 1 mile (1.6  km) north of [[Newman, California\|Newman]]. Timba is located at {{Coord\|37\|20\|34\|N\|121\|01\|52\|W}}. ==History== The original location of Orestimba, meaning ''meeting place'' in [[Yokutsan languages\|~~Yokut~~Yokuts]], was the meeting place for [[Mission (Christian)\|Mission]] padres and local ~~Yokut~~Yokuts Indians. Later Orestimba was moved east for the railroad. The name changed from Orestimba to Timba. Orestimba was formed in 1854 as John M. Newsome was the first township supervisor appointed by the judges of the newly formed Stanislaus County, which was formed out of [[Tuolumne County, California]] in the same year.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Tinkham \|first=George Henry \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KRc1AQAAMAAJ&q=newsome \|title=History of Stanislaus County California: With Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the County who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present \|date=1921 \|publisher=Historic Record Company \|language=en}}</ref> ==Orestimba Landmark== The Orestimba Landmark is {{convert\|6\|mi\|km}} ~~east~~west of Timba on the original location in the [[Diablo Range]]. {{coord\|37\|18.052\|N\|121\|6.238\|W\|region:US-CA_type:landmark}} <ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=17243 Orestimba] - [[Historical Marker Database]] from www.hmdb.org accessed December 21, 2011</ref> ==References== Line 15 ⟶ 20: {{Coord\|37\|20\|34\|N\|121\|01\|52\|W\|display=title\|source:GNIS-enwiki_region:US-CA}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Populated places in Stanislaus County, California]]▼ [[Category:Unincorporated communities in California]] ▲[[Category:~~Populated~~Unincorporated ~~places~~communities in Stanislaus County, California]]