Black Bear, California

Black Bear is a populated place, originally a gold mining town in Klamath County, now in unincorporated Siskiyou County, California.^[1]

It is located on Black Bear Creek, tributary of the Salmon River.^[1]

History

Black Bear, now in Siskiyou County was a gold mining camp, in the now defunct Klamath County, that had a post office from 1869. From 1874 it was within that part of Klamath County annexed to Siskiyou County. Its post office was closed and moved to Sawyers Bar in 1941.^[2]

References

1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Bear
2. ↑ Frickstad, Walter N., A Century of California Post Offices 1848-1954, Philatelic Research Society, Oakland, CA. 1955, Pages 60-69.

Coordinates: 41°14′29″N 123°10′39″W / 41.24139°N 123.17750°W / 41.24139; -123.17750

Municipalities and communities of Siskiyou County, California, United States County seat: Yreka Cities Dorris Dunsmuir Etna Fort Jones Montague Mount Shasta Tulelake Weed Yreka CDPs Carrick Edgewood Gazelle Greenview Grenada Happy Camp Hornbrook Macdoel McCloud Mount Hebron Tennant Unincorporated communities Bestville Big Springs Black Bear Black Butte Callahan Cecilville Cheeseville Forks of Salmon Hambone Hatfield‡ Horse Creek Klamath River Little Shasta Oro Fino Pondosa Sawyers Bar Scott Bar Seiad Valley Somes Bar Indian reservation Quartz Valley Indian Community Ghost towns Deadwood Gullion's Bar Hooperville Negro Flat Wingate Bar Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties