The question was
Where did the town of Claremont (CA) get its name? Let me answer by quoting from our source:The Pacific Land and Improvement Company, a subsidiary of the Santa Fe Railroad, offered to name the town, which it platted in 1887, for H. A. Palmer, owner of the land. Mr. Palmer declined the honor and suggested a number of Spanish names descriptive of the grand view of the mountains. The directors, from Boston, called for equivalents in their own language, and influenced by one among them who formerly lived in Claremont, New Hampshire, chose the present name.
The question (&
answer) were taken from p. 81 of California Place Names by William Bright. This edition of the book was published by
the University of California Press in 1998.
