Hildreth is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California.

[1] It is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east-southeast of O'Neals,[2] at an elevation of 1247 feet (380 m).

[1] In the late 1870s, Tom Hildreth opened a store at the site, thereby beginning the town named for him.

[2] At its peak in the 1880s, Hildreth had a hotel, three general stores, a mine, a barbershop, and other businesses catering to miners and travelers on the stage road from Millerton.

[3] Gold mining in the Hildreth district briefly revived in the late 1920s,[4] but the town was never repopulated.