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Oregon City, formerly Bloomingdale and Hengy, is a ghost town located between Oroville and Cherokee in Butte County, California. One of the first mining camps in the county, it was established in the autumn of 1848 by a party of Oregonians, who came to California over the Applegate and Lassen trails. Little more than a year later their captain, Peter H. Burnett, became the first civil Governor of California. For a time, Oregon City prospered as a gold mining and supply center, then it declined into virtual oblivion. It lies 1,184 feet (361 m) above mean sea level.
Famoso is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located on Poso Creek 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south-southeast of McFarland, at an elevation of 427 feet (130 m).
Merrimac was an unincorporated community in Butte County, California located along Oroville-Quincy Road about 2.1 miles (3.4 km) south of the Plumas County line at an elevation of 3999 feet. Nearby is Rogers Cow Camp, a campground in Lassen National Forest.
Chloride City is a ghost town in Inyo County, California, United States. It is located 8.5 miles (14 km) north-northeast of Beatty Junction, at an elevation of 4,770 ft (1,450 m). The former settlement is now in Death Valley National Park.
Enterprise is a former settlement in Butte County, California. It was located 5 miles (8.0 km) west-northwest of Forbestown on the South Fork of the Feather River, at an elevation of 902 feet. In 1968, it was inundated by Lake Oroville.
Rescue is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located north-northwest of Shingle Springs and north-northeast of Cameron Park. The zip code is 95672, and Rescue is located in area code 530. The town lies at an elevation of 1214 feet. It has also been noted for its unusual place name. Formerly Green Valley, El Dorado County, California
Lynchburg is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Oroville. Lynchburg was founded in 1848 by and named for George H. Lynch, a local storeowner. Once a lively place, Lynchburg began to wither by the mid-1850s.
Long's Bar is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located on the Feather River 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream from Oroville. It was founded by two brothers named Long in 1849. Across the river was Neals Diggins.
Neals Diggins is a former settlement and mining camp in Butte County, California, United States. It was located on the Feather River upstream from Oroville, on the opposite bank from Long's Bar. It was founded by Sam Neal, a local rancher, in 1848. Later that year, George Adams re-established the place and named it for himself.
Evansville is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Forbestown. Evansville was founded in 1850.
Berdan is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located 8 miles (13 km) north of Forest Ranch, between Forest Ranch and Westbranch. A post office operated in Berdan from 1909 to 1916. The town was named for Myron G. Berdan, its first postmaster. Berdan's economy was based on being a trading center for miners working the nearby mines.
Dogtown is a former settlement and mining camp in El Dorado County, California. It was located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northeast of Newtown.
Goler Heights, also known simply as Goler, is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 6.5 miles (10 km) northwest of Randsburg, at an elevation of 2,579 feet (786 m). The town is named after John Goller, a German immigrant who discovered a placer gold deposit that was later mined and named in his honor.
Old Town is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) west-northwest of Tehachapi, at an elevation of 3829 feet.
Omega was a former settlement in Nevada County, California, United States, first populated in 1850 by a single miner, J.A. Dixon, working a claim during the California Gold Rush. The town was located 3.25 miles (5.2 km) east-southeast of the present-day unincorporated town of Washington, California. A sister town, Alpha, located at what is now the site of the historical Omega Hydraulic Diggings, was about 1 mi (1.6 km) north of Omega. In the mid 1850s, following the introduction of hydraulic mining operations nearby, the town prospered. Omega had a post office, and needed to convert a residence into a jail in late 1858.
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Navarro, formerly known as Wendling, is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County in the U.S. state of California. It is located 18 miles (29 km) west of Ukiah, at an elevation of 269 feet (82 m). It may be reached via east–west California State Route 128, which connects it to the Pacific coast to the west and to the Anderson Valley to the southeast.
Cahto is a former settlement in Mendocino County, California. It was located 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Laytonville.
Town Talk is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California. Town Talk is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of Grass Valley. It lies at an elevation of 2776 feet.
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- ↑ Miller, Donald C. (1978). Ghost Towns of California. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company. p. 52. ISBN 0871085178.
- 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. 193. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
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