Plasse, California

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Plasse (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°38′14″N120°07′36″W / 38.63722°N 120.12667°W / 38.63722; -120.12667 Coordinates: 38°38′14″N120°07′36″W / 38.63722°N 120.12667°W / 38.63722; -120.12667
Country United States
State California
County Amador County
Elevation
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7,287 ft (2,221 m)

Plasse (also, Silver Lake ) [2] is an unincorporated community in Amador County, California.

Plasse is located near Silver Lake in the Eldorado National Forest. [2] It lies at an elevation of 7287 feet (2221 m).

Silver Lake Post Office, located at Plasse, operated from 1880 to 1973, with a closure from 1890 to 1936. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plasse, California
  2. 1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 539. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.