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Sierra County (/ s i ˈ ɛr ə / ⓘ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census , the population was 3,236, [ 4 ] making it California's second-least populous county. [ 2 ]
English: Locator map showing Sierra County (red) — Northern California. Located in the northern Sierra Nevada mountain range. The northern reach of the 19th-century California Gold Rush prospecting and mining activity in the Sierra's gold fields.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sierra County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [1]
Buena Vista County was created in 1855 by the California State Legislature out of the southeastern territory of Tulare County on the west of the Sierra Nevada but was never officially organized. The south of Tulare County was later organized as Kern County in 1866, with additions from Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.
Downieville is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Sierra County, California, United States. [2] Downieville is on the North Fork of the Yuba River , at an elevation of 2,966 feet (904 m). [ 2 ]
This list includes properties and districts on the California Historical Landmarks listings for Sierra County, in eastern California. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Forest, also known as Forest City, is a small unincorporated community town site in Sierra County, California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada. [1] The town site of Forest is located at 4,489 feet (1,368 m) in elevation.
Alleghany is a small census-designated place in Sierra County, California, United States [2] in the Sierra Nevada. It is situated in the Gold Country and continues to be a significant locale for gold mining. The Sixteen To One Mine has been in operation since the days of the California Gold Rush.