Wyandotte, California
Unincorporated community in California, United States
39°27′29″N 121°28′04″W / 39.45806°N 121.46778°W / 39.45806; -121.46778
Unincorporated community in California, United States
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Wyandotte
Location in California
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Wyandotte
Wyandotte (the United States)
Show map of the United StatesWyandotte is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California. It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Bangor,[2] at an elevation of 669 feet (204 m).
A post office operated at Wyandotte from 1859 (having been transferred from Tarr's Ranch) to 1867 and from 1880 to 1915.[2] The place is named for a group of Wyandotte people who went there prospecting for gold in 1850.[2] Wyandotte was the site of one of the first schoolhouses in Butte County, built in 1857.[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wyandotte, California
- ^ 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. 338. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Wells, Harry Laurenz; Chambers, W.L. (1882). History of Butte County, California, Vol. II. San Francisco: Harry L. Wells. p. 272.
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Municipalities and communities of Butte County, California, United States
County seat: Oroville
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- Palermo
- Rackerby‡
- Richvale
- Robinson Mill
- South Oroville
- Stirling City
- Thermalito
- Yankee Hill
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