Deadwood | |
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| Coordinates: 40°43′10″N122°44′01″W / 40.71944°N 122.73361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Trinity |
| Elevation | 2,835 ft (864 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1655958 [1] |
Deadwood is a ghost town in Trinity County, California. [1] [2]
Deadwood was named from adjacent forests of dead timber. [3]
The former town started around 1851 and lasted till the post office was closed in 1915. The post office was open from 1881 to 1915.
Trinity County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of California. Trinity County is rugged, mountainous, heavily forested, and lies along the Trinity River within the Salmon, Klamath Mountains, as well as a portion of the Scott, Trinity, and North Yolla Bolly Mountains. It is also one of three counties in California with no incorporated cities.
Jasper is a city in, and the county seat of, Dubois County, Indiana, United States, located along the Patoka River. The population was 16,703 at the 2020 census making it the 48th largest city in Indiana. On November 4, 2007, Dubois County returned to the Eastern Time Zone, after having moved to the Central Time Zone the previous year. Land use in the area is primarily agricultural. The Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame, which honors players and others associated with the national pastime who were born or lived in Indiana, is located in Jasper.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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