[1] Towle was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Dutch Flat.

[1] The name honors George and Allen Towle, local lumbermen.

[2] Towle was the site where a narrow-gauge lumber railroad connected to the Southern Pacific; it had stores, a town hall, and boarding houses.

[3] Most of Towle had been abandoned by the time Interstate 80 was built through the area.

Only the foundation of the train station remains today.