Badger Hill, California

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]

Badger Hill
Former settlement
Badger Hill
Location in California
Coordinates: 39°12′58″N 121°02′58″W
Country United States
State California
CountyNevada County
Elevation2,552 ft (778 m)

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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