Bontes, California

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Bontes
Former settlement
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Bontes
Location in California
Coordinates: 39°47′00″N120°37′23″W / 39.78333°N 120.62306°W / 39.78333; -120.62306 Coordinates: 39°47′00″N120°37′23″W / 39.78333°N 120.62306°W / 39.78333; -120.62306
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County Plumas County
Elevation [1] 4,390 ft (1,338 m)

Bontes is a former settlement in Plumas County, California. [1] It lay at an elevation of 4390 feet (1338 m). [1] Bontes is located near the mouth of Bonta Creek. [2] It still appeared on maps as of 1897. [2]

Plumas County, California County in California, United States

Plumas County is a county in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,007. The county seat is Quincy, and the only incorporated city is Portola. The largest community in the county is East Quincy. The county was named for the Spanish Río de las Plumas, which flows through the county.

California State of the United States of America

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 8.8 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bontes, California
  2. 1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 359. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.