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Smiths is a former settlement in Placer County, California. [1] Smiths is located 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of Chicago Park. [1] It still appeared on maps as of 1934. [1]

Placer County, California County in California, United States

Placer County, officially the County of Placer, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 348,432. The county seat is Auburn.

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.

Chicago Park is a former settlement in Placer County, California. Chicago Park is located on a narrow-gauge railroad 1 mile (1.6 km) north-northeast of Colfax. It still appeared on maps as of 1934.

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References

  1. 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. 468. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.