Prosser Creek, California

Prosser Creek
Former settlement
Prosser Creek

Location in California

Coordinates: 39°22′30″N 120°06′30″W / 39.37500°N 120.10833°WCoordinates: 39°22′30″N 120°06′30″W / 39.37500°N 120.10833°W
Country  United States
State  California
County Nevada County
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
  Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)

Prosser Creek is a former settlement in Nevada County, California.[1] Prosser Creek is located on the former Central Pacific Railroad, 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Boca.[1] The first appearance is on the von Leicht-Hoffmann Tahoe map of 1874. According to Henry T Williams (1876) a man by that name operated a hotel there in the early days.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 452. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  2. Gudde, Erwin G. (1998). California place names : the origin and etymology of current geographical names (4th ed., rev. and enl. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 302. ISBN 0-520-21316-5.