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Newtown | |
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Former settlement | |
  Newtown Location in California | |
| Coordinates: 37°42′12″N120°11′31″W / 37.70333°N 120.19194°W Coordinates: 37°42′12″N120°11′31″W / 37.70333°N 120.19194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Mariposa County |
| Elevation | 1,821 ft (555 m) |
Newtown is a former settlement in Mariposa County, California. [1] It lay at an elevation of 1821 feet (555 m). [1]
Newtown may refer to:
Mariposa County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 18,251. The county seat is Mariposa. It is located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, north of Fresno, east of Merced, and southeast of Stockton.
Mariposa is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Mariposa County, California, United States. The population was 2,173 at the 2010 census, up from 1,373 at the 2000 census. Its name is Spanish for "butterfly", after the flocks of monarchs seen overwintering there by early explorers.
Mariposa is the Spanish word for butterfly. It may also refer to:
The Gold Country is a historic region in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, that is primarily on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. It is famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines that attracted waves of immigrants, known as the 49ers, during the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Mariposa Grove is a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California, United States, in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park. It is the largest grove of giant sequoias in the park, with several hundred mature examples of the tree. Two of its trees are among the 30 largest giant sequoias in the world. The grove closed on July 6, 2015, for a restoration project and reopened on June 15, 2018.
The California State Mining and Mineral Museum is a museum in the state park system of California, United States, interpreting the state's mineral resources and mining heritage. It is located in Mariposa on the Mariposa County fairgrounds.
Calochortus is a genus of flowering plants in the lily family. The group includes herbaceous, perennial and bulbous species, all native to North America.
The Mariposa War was a conflict between Native Americans and miners in what was then the immense county of Mariposa in California.
Mariposa-Yosemite Airport is a public airport located four miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Mariposa, in Mariposa County, California, United States. It is owned by the County of Mariposa.
Agua Fria is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California. It is located 5.25 miles (8.4 km) northeast of Catheys Valley, at an elevation of 2001 feet. Agua Fria is the former county seat of Mariposa County located approximately three miles west of Mariposa, California.
The Spenceville Wildlife Area is an 11,448-acre (46.33 km2) wildlife preserve managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. It is located in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, within Nevada County and Yuba County of northern California.
Mormon Bar is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California. It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southeast of Mariposa, at an elevation of 1772 feet. Mormon Bar is located near State Route 49.
Mariposa is a light rail station on the Muni Metro T Third Street line, located in the median of Third Street at Mariposa Street in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The station opened with the T Third Street line on January 13, 2007. It has two side platforms; the northbound platform is north of Mariposa Street, and the southbound platform south of Mariposa Street, which allows trains to pass through the intersection before stopping at the station.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Mariposa County, California.
Fort Miller is a former fort on the south bank of the San Joaquin River in what is now Madera County, California. It lay at an elevation of 561 feet. The site is now under Millerton Lake, formed by the Friant Dam in 1944. It is registered as California Historical Landmark #584.
Briceburg is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California. It is located on the Merced River near the confluence with Bear Creek, 5 miles (8 km) north-northwest of Midpines, at an elevation of 1138 feet. It is accessed via a bridge over the Merced River that connects Highway 140 with Briceburg Road. The bridge is a 160-foot suspension bridge built by the US Forest Service in 1937 and constructed by 30 Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees. Forest Service Engineer J.W. Nute was in charge of construction.
Dogtown is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California. It is located on Maxwell Creek 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Coulterville, at an elevation of 2582 feet.
Hayward is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California, United States. Located in the San Joaquin Valley, it is 37 miles (60 km) east of Modesto on California State Route 132, at an elevation of 643 feet (196 m).
Mariposa Creek, originally called the Mariposa River, is a creek that has its source in Mariposa County, California. It flows through the town of Mariposa then southwest through the Sierra foothills, into and across the San Joaquin Valley in Merced County, and empties the sloughs of the San Joaquin River south of the city of Merced.
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