Volta, CA

Volta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Merced County, California, United States. The 2020 census counted 366 residents. Volta is located 5 miles west-northwest of Los Banos at an elevation of 105 feet. From 1858 to 1861, Lone Willow Station a swing station for the Butterfield Overland Mail, was located east of here on the west bank of Mud Slough, 18 miles east of the St. Louis Ranch Station and 13 miles northwest of Temple's Ranch station. In Volta, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Volta, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. A post office operated at Volta from 1890 to 1972. Volta is in southwestern Merced County, between Los Banos to the southeast and Santa Nella to the west. Volta is on the western side of California's Central Valley.