Silver Creek, Plumas County, California

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Silver Creek
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Silver Creek
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Coordinates: 39°56′40″N121°04′18″W / 39.94444°N 121.07167°W / 39.94444; -121.07167 Coordinates: 39°56′40″N121°04′18″W / 39.94444°N 121.07167°W / 39.94444; -121.07167
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County Plumas County
Elevation [1] 3,724 ft (1,135 m)

Silver Creek is a former settlement in Plumas County, California. [1] It lay at an elevation of 3724 feet (1135 m). [1] Silver Creek is located 1.25 miles (2.0 km) north-northwest of Meadow Valley. [2]

Plumas County, California County in California, United States

Plumas County is a county in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,007. The county seat is Quincy, and the only incorporated city is Portola. The largest community in the county is East Quincy. The county was named for the Spanish Río de las Plumas, which flows through the county.

California State of the United States of America

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 8.8 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

Meadow Valley, California census-designated place in California, United States

Meadow Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plumas County, California, United States. The population was 464 at the 2010 census, down from 575 at the 2000 census.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Silver Creek, Plumas County, California
  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. 417. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.


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