Defender, California

Defender is a former settlement in Amador County, California. It was 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Pine Grove.^[1] A post office, which also served the Defender mine nearby, operated at Defender from 1900 to 1915.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 538. ISBN 9781884995149.

Municipalities and communities of Amador County, California, USA

County seat: Jackson

Cities	Amador City Ione Jackson Plymouth Sutter Creek

CDPs	Buckhorn Buena Vista Camanche North Shore Camanche Village Drytown Fiddletown Kirkwood‡ Martell Pine Grove Pioneer Red Corral River Pines Volcano

Unincorporated communities	Allen Barton Bonnefoy Bunker Hill Carbondale Clarsona Clinton Dagon Edwin Electra Enterprise Firebrick Kit Carson New Chicago Pine Acres Plasse Ranch House Estates Scottsville Sunnybrook Sutter Hill

Ghost towns	Amador Crossing Arkansas Ferry Armstrong's Mill Camp O'pera Camp Union Cape Cod Bar Chaparral Hill China City Chinatown Copper Hill Defender Dew Drop Figtree Forest Home Fort Ann Fort John French Camp Hardenburg Irishtown Lancha Plana Lignite Lower Rancheria Mahala Flat May Milligan District Old Rancheria Pokerville Pomegranate Ranlett Ritchey Secreta Snake Flat Tragedy Spring Union Flat Watkins Bar Wieland Yeomet Yusumne

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