This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/969.1 Message Board Post: The closest physical address I could find for Deane Colony is Jerry Collins Ave. & South Gurr Rd. this is south of Merced Airport. Deane Colony Township 8 south, range 13 east, section 4 & 5 You can locate the drain that run's beside S.Gurr Rd. using the map in this link http://www.co.merced.ca.us/about.html A good source would be the Merced Co. Planning dept.. If you locate the actual site of Deane Colony please let me know....Wish you luck.....Alma