Ramirez, California

Coordinates: 39°16′03″N 121°32′20″W / 39.26750°N 121.53889°W / 39.26750; -121.53889

Ramirez
Unincorporated community
Ramirez Location in California
Coordinates: 39°16′03″N 121°32′20″W / 39.26750°N 121.53889°W / 39.26750; -121.53889
Country	United States
State	California
County	Yuba County
Elevation^[1]	95 ft (29 m)

Ramirez is an unincorporated community in Yuba County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 9 miles (14 km) north-northeast of Marysville,^[2] at an elevation of 95 feet (29 m). It was named after José Manuel Ramírez Rosales, a Chilean entrepreneur who came to California for the Gold Rush.

A post office operated at Ramirez from 1889 to 1890.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ramirez, California
1 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. 543. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ramirez, California

Municipalities and communities of Yuba County, California, United States

County seat: Marysville

Cities	Marysville Wheatland

CDPs	Beale AFB Camptonville Challenge-Brownsville Dobbins Linda Loma Rica Olivehurst Plumas Lake Rackerby‡ Smartsville

Unincorporated communities	Alicia Arboga Binney Junction Browns Valley Brownsville Challenge Dantoni Eagleville East Arboga Frenchtown Greenville Hammonton Horstville Iowa City Mello North Star Oak Valley Olive Hill Oregon House Ostrom Pearson Ramirez Rancho Loma Rica Sharon Valley Sicard Flat South Yuba Stanfield Hill Strawberry Valley Sucker Flat Tambo Timbuctoo Waldo Junction Weeds Point West Linda Woodleaf

Ghost towns	Abbott House Algodon Bartons House Bliss Bullards Bar California House Camp Pendola Cape Horn Bar Condemned Bar Coombs Cordua Bar Depot Hill Egan Empire House English Bar Erle Foster Bar Frenches Ravine Galena Hill Galena House Garden Valley Golden Ball Honkut Huntington Hutchins Kentucky Ranch Landers Bar Lasslys Lewis Malay Camp Marigold Martins House Mission Mount Hope House New York Flat New York House New York House Flat New York Ranch Newbert Oak Grove Oakland Oliver Oso Plumas Plumas Landing Prairie Diggings Prairie House Prairie House Rail Road Hill Reed Junction Round Tent Seneca House Sweet Vengeance Taisida Youngs Hill Yuba Yuba County House

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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