Fine Gold Creek
Fine Gold | |
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  Fine Gold Location in California  Fine Gold Fine Gold (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°11′27″N 119°37′08″W / 37.19083°N 119.61889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Madera County |
| Elevation | 1,352 ft (412 m) |
Fine Gold (formerly, Finegold and Gold) (Mono: moohnih )[2] is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California.[1] It is located 6.5 miles (10 km) west-southwest of North Fork,[3] at an elevation of 1352 feet (412 m).[1]
A post office operated at Fine Gold from 1881 to 1882.[3] When the town of Gold was established in 1894, the townsfolk moved there.[3]
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fine Gold Creek
- ^ Sydney M. Lamb. 1957. Mono Grammar. University of California. Berkeley PhD dissertation. .pdf
- ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 772. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
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