38°27′54″N 120°57′51″W / 38.46500°N 120.96417°W / 38.46500; -120.96417
Former settlement in California, United States| Forest Home | |
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| Former settlement | |
  Forest HomeLocation in California | |
| Coordinates: 38°27′54″N 120°57′51″W / 38.46500°N 120.96417°W / 38.46500; -120.96417 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Amador County |
| Elevation | 581 ft (177 m) |
Forest Home is a former settlement in Amador County, California. It was located 6.25 miles (10.1 km) west of Plymouth, at an elevation of 581 feet (177 m). It still appeared on USGS maps as of 1944.
Forest Home began as a gold mining center, north of Ione. Both placer and hydraulic mining was conducted. After the gold petered out, copper mining began.
A post office operated at Forest Home from 1862 to 1905, moving once in 1886.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forest Home, California
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 486. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Miller, Donald C. (1978). Ghost Towns of California. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company. p. 65. ISBN 0871085178.
| Municipalities and communities of Amador County, California, United States | ||
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| County seat: Jackson | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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