Spanish Ranch is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Plumas County

Plumas County, California

Plumas County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The county gets its name from the Spanish words for the Feather River , which flows through the county. As of the 2010 census, the population 20,007, down from 20,824 at the 2000 census...

, 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 lies at an elevation of 3668 feet (1118 m). Spanish Ranch is located 1.25 miles (2 km)north- northeast of Meadow Valley

Meadow Valley, California

Meadow Valley is a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States. The population was 464 at the 2010 census, down from 575 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Meadow Valley is located at ....

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The place was established by two Mexicans in 1850, and it developed into a distribution center for the numerous mining camps nearby. The Spanish Ranch post office operated from 1861 to 1913.