Michigan Bluff, California

Michigan Bluff
—  Unincorporated community  —
Michigan Bluff Location in California
Coordinates: 39°02′35″N 120°44′29″W / 39.04306°N 120.74139°W / 39.04306; -120.74139Coordinates: 39°02′35″N 120°44′29″W / 39.04306°N 120.74139°W / 39.04306; -120.74139
Country	United States
State	California
County	Placer County
Elevation[1]	3,510 ft (1,070 m)

Michigan Bluff (formerly, Michigan Bluffs, Michigan City)^[2] is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California.^[1] Michigan Bluff is located 12.5 miles (20.1 km) east-southeast of Colfax.^[2] It lies at an elevation of 3510 feet (1070 m).^[1]

The original settlement was called Michigan City, but after erosion threatened the town it was moved up-slope an re-named Michigan Bluff.^[2] The Michigan City post office operated from 1854 to 1943.^[2]

The town was founded by gold miners. Mining began in earnest in 1853, and town was shipping $100,000 in gold per month by 1858. After hydraulic mining was banned, the town entered decline.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Michigan Bluff, California
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 522. ISBN 9781884995149. 
3. ^ Mildred Brooke Hoover, Douglas E. Kyle, Historic spots in California, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 2002. p. 280

External links

• Michigan Bluff, Placer County, California, from Directory of the County of Placer County, California 1861, on the website of californiagenealogy.org