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°WCoordinates: 39°12′58″N 121°02′58″W / 39.21611°N 121.04944°W
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.