Little York, California

Little York
Former settlement
Little York

Location in California

Coordinates: 39°11′43″N 120°52′34″W / 39.19528°N 120.87611°W / 39.19528; -120.87611Coordinates: 39°11′43″N 120°52′34″W / 39.19528°N 120.87611°W / 39.19528; -120.87611
Country  United States
State  California
County Nevada County
Elevation[1] 2,926 ft (892 m)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)

Little York (previously: Little New York) is a former settlement in Nevada County, California, located near Chicago Park,[2] between Bear River and Greenhorn Creek.[3]

A post office serviced the settlement for a few months in 1855, and then again during the period of 1856 until 1886.[4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little York, California
  2. ↑ "NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA". calsign.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
  3. ↑ Browne, John Ross (1868). Report of J. Ross Browne on the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains (Digitized Feb 17, 2006 ed.). Government Printing Office. p. 116.
  4. ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. pp. 515–516. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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