Badger Hill, California

Badger Hill
Former settlement
Badger Hill

Location in California

Coordinates: 39°12′58″N 121°02′58″W / 39.21611°N 121.04944°W / 39.21611; -121.04944Coordinates: 39°12′58″N 121°02′58″W / 39.21611°N 121.04944°W / 39.21611; -121.04944
Country  United States
State  California
County Nevada County
Elevation[1] 2,552 ft (778 m)

Badger Hill (also, Badger Hill Diggings)[2] is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. It is situated at an elevation of 2,552 ft (778 m) above sea level.[3]

History

In autumn 1849, the first immigrants who came to Grass Valley, California as part of the California Gold Rush erected a cabin half a mile from the town of Badger Hill.[4] Badger Hill became a hydraulic mining district in the 1850s.[5] The Badger Hill and Cherokee Gravel Mining Company was incorporated in 1869.[6]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Badger Hill, 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. 445. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. "Topographic Map Populated Place Features in Nevada County, California". topozone.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  4. "Nevada County GenWeb Church Records". cagenweb.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  5. "Gold Districts". e-goldprospecting.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  6. "NEVADA COUNTY CORPORATION CATALOG". nevadacountyhistory.org. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-28.


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