Moores Flat, California
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Moores Flat is a former settlement in Nevada County
, California
. It is situated at an elevation of 4144 ft (1,263.1 m) above sea level
. Moores Flat is located on the 4.25 miles (6.8 km) north-northeast of North Bloomfield
.
with "Marks & Co." one of its few known gold dust dealers. Gold was found buried in tertiary
gravel channels.
In 1880, the population was 50. By the early 1900s, its town declined quickly.
The Clinton post office opened in 1854; the name was changed to Moores Flat in 1857. It closed for a time in 1903, and closed for good in 1910.
The name honors H.M. Moore who built the first house and a store there in 1851.
Nevada County, California
Nevada County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of California, in the Mother Lode country. As of 2010 its population was 98,764. The county seat is Nevada City.-History:Nevada County was created in 1851 from parts of Yuba County....
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. It is situated at an elevation of 4144 ft (1,263.1 m) above sea level
Above mean sea level
The term above mean sea level refers to the elevation or altitude of any object, relative to the average sea level datum. AMSL is used extensively in radio by engineers to determine the coverage area a station will be able to reach...
. Moores Flat is located on the 4.25 miles (6.8 km) north-northeast of North Bloomfield
North Bloomfield, California
North Bloomfield is a small unincorporated community located in Nevada County, California, United States, northeast of Nevada City, California....
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Gold rush history
Moores Flat was settled between 1851 and 1852 as a gold rush siteCalifornia Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The first to hear confirmed information of the gold rush were the people in Oregon, the Sandwich Islands , and Latin America, who were the first to start flocking to...
with "Marks & Co." one of its few known gold dust dealers. Gold was found buried in tertiary
Tertiary
The Tertiary is a deprecated term for a geologic period 65 million to 2.6 million years ago. The Tertiary covered the time span between the superseded Secondary period and the Quaternary...
gravel channels.
In 1880, the population was 50. By the early 1900s, its town declined quickly.
The Clinton post office opened in 1854; the name was changed to Moores Flat in 1857. It closed for a time in 1903, and closed for good in 1910.
The name honors H.M. Moore who built the first house and a store there in 1851.