| Spanish Ranch | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Spanish Ranch Location in California  Spanish Ranch Spanish Ranch (the US) | |
| Coordinates: 39°57′03″N121°03′26″W / 39.95083°N 121.05722°W Coordinates: 39°57′03″N121°03′26″W / 39.95083°N 121.05722°W | |
| Country |  |
| State |  |
| County | Plumas County |
| Elevation [1] | 3,668 ft (1,118 m) |
| Reference no. | 481 |
Spanish Ranch is an unincorporated community in Plumas County, California. [1] It lies at an elevation of 3668 feet (1118 m). [1] Spanish Ranch is located 1.25 miles (2.0 km)north- northeast of Meadow Valley. [2]
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
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 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.
The place was established by two Mexicans in 1850, and it developed into a distribution center for the numerous mining camps nearby. [2] The Spanish Ranch post office operated from 1861 to 1913. [2] The site is now registered as California Historical Landmark #481. [3]
California Historical Landmarks (CHLs) are buildings, structures, sites, or places in the U.S. state of California that have been determined to have statewide historical landmark significance.
