Brandy City, California
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Unincorporated community in California, United States
39°32′16″N 121°01′31″W / 39.53778°N 121.02528°W / 39.53778; -121.02528Brandy City, formerly known as Strychnine City, is an unincorporated community in Sierra County, California, United States, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Goodyears Bar.[2]
The settlement is on Cherokee Creek, a tributary of the North Fork of the Yuba River. Gold was discovered there in 1850 and mined in the 19th century and again in the 1920s. There was a school, and until 1926 a post office.[3]
See also
- California Gold Rush
- List of ghost towns in California
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 537. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Gudde, Erwin G.; Gudde, Elisabeth K. (ed.) (2009). California Gold Camps: A Geographical and Historical Dictionary of Camps, Towns, and Localities where Gold was Found and Mined, Wayside Stations and Trading Centers. Berkeley: University of California. p. 45. ISBN 9780520261440.
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Municipalities and communities of Sierra County, California, United States
County seat: Downieville
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- Brandy City
- Gibsonville
- Howland Flat
- Poverty Hill
- Queen City
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