Lake City, California

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name = Lake City, California
settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = California
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Nevada

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population_as_of = 2000
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timezone = Pacific (PST)
utc_offset = -8
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utc_offset_DST = -7
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elevation_ft = 3390
latd = 39.35861
longd = -120.94056

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postal_code = 96115
area_code = 530
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Lake City (originally Painesville) is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, east of North Columbia, California and west of North Bloomfield, California

Geography

Lake City, near the South Yuba River, is located at 39.35861N, -120.94056W, and the elevation is convert|3390|ft|m above sea level. [cite web |url=http://www.placenames.com/us/p262283/ |title=Lake City |accessdate=2008-09-06 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=placenames.com]

History

The town was settled in 1853 as a result of the California Gold Rush and subsequent hydraulic mining at Malakoff Diggins. [cite book |title=California Trails Northern Sierra Region |last=Massey |first=P. |coauthors=Wilson, J. & Titus, A. |year=2006 |publisher=Adler Publishing |location= |isbn=1930193238 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MJHWuvL5WpcC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=%22Lake+City%22+%22north+bloomfield%22+-salt&source=web&ots=OWubcwT7Dj&sig=PhyX3No7OiUK_ixKhvp_yyt3SjY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result |pages=p. 173] Within four years, more than 300 people lived in town.

In 1877, it was included on the route of the world's first long-distance telephone line. [cite book |title=Historic spots in California: Fifth Edition |last=Hoover |first=M.B. |coauthors=Kyle, D.E. & Rensch, E.G. |year=2002 |publisher=Stanford University Press |location=Palo Alto |isbn=0804744831 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=AYMPR6xAj50C&pg=PA260&lpg=PA260&dq=%22Lake+City%22+%22north+bloomfield%22+-salt&source=web&ots=8QOaL2rdx6&sig=wYPmbvhTkLEfGxUyOmLriW5F_74&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result |pages=p. 260]

By 1880, the population had dropped to 100. [cite web |url=http://www.cagenweb.com/nevada/nchistory.html |title=Nevada County History |accessdate=2008-09-06 |publisher=cagenweb.com]

References

External links

[http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf4v19p350&brand=oac/ Photo, 1954]