Quaker Hill, California

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Quaker Hill
Former settlement
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Quaker Hill
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Coordinates: 39°15′45″N120°54′24″W / 39.26250°N 120.90667°W / 39.26250; -120.90667 Coordinates: 39°15′45″N120°54′24″W / 39.26250°N 120.90667°W / 39.26250; -120.90667
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County Nevada County
Elevation [1] 3,310 ft (1,009 m)

Quaker Hill is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. [1] Quaker Hill is located 7.25 miles (11.7 km) south of North Bloomfield. [2] It lay at an elevation of 3310 feet (1009 m). [1] It still appeared on maps as of 1938. [2]

Nevada County, California County in California, United States

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quaker Hill, 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. 542. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.