Minturn is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California.

[1] It is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and California State Route 99 1.5 miles (2 km) north-northwest of Chowchilla,[2] at an elevation of 236 feet (72 m).

[2] The name honors Jonas and Thomas Minturn, wheat farmers who had a railroad siding built at the place in 1872.

[2] Jonas (April 4, 1819–August 1, 1884) and Abby West (March 8, 1820–May 19, 1899) Minturn (m. 1843), settled in the area in the 19th century and are buried nearby.

He built a country home in Sunnyside, Fresno County in 1912 and completed it in 1913.