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A

Almanor
Almanor West (Almanor Peninsula, Lake Almanor West, Lake Almanor Country Club)
American House (obsolete settlement - LaPorte)
American Ranch (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
American Valley (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
Antelope (obsolete settlement - near Antelope Lake)
Arcadia (obsolete settlement - near Crescent Mills)
Argentine (obsolete settlement - Quincy)

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B

Babcock Meadows (obsolete settlement - east-northeast of Genesee)
Baccala Ranch (obsolete settlement - Humbug Valley, south of Almanor)
Barkers Cabin (obsolete settlement - between Quincy and LaPorte)
Barnards Diggings (obsolete settlement - near LaPorte)
Beardsley Mine (defunct mine - near Genesee)
Beckwith (see Beckwourth)
Beckwourth
Beckwourth Township (township: see County Townships)
Belden
Belfrin Extension Mine (defunct mine - between Quincy and LaPorte)
Belfrin Mine (defunct mine - between Quincy and LaPorte)
Bellas Flat (obsolete settlement - Crescent Mills)
Bells Bar (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
Bidwell's Bridge (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
Big Flat (obsolete settlement - near Twain)
Big Meadows (obsolete settlement - Almanor)
Bill Bar (obsolete settlement - west of Johnsville at Blue Nose Mountain)
Bills Cabin (obsolete settlement - north of Storrie)
Blackhawk (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
Blairsden
Boehme Ranch (obsolete settlement - LaPorte)
Bontes (obsolete settlement - Blairsden)
Boulder Creek Meadow (obsolete settlement - Clio)
Brady's Camp (obsolete settlement) - east of Quincy)
Browns Cabin (obsolete settlement - north of Taylorsville at Kettle Rock)
Browns Hill Mine (defunct mine - near LaPorte)
Buckeye (obsolete settlement - Storrie)
Buckhorn Mine (defunct mine - west of Johnsville at Blue Nose Mountain)
Bucks Lake
Bucks Ranch (obsolete settlement - Bucks Lake)
Bull Flat (obsolete settlement - Bucks Lake)
Bunker Hill Mine (defunct mine - west of Johnsville at Blue Nose Mountain)
Burnham Meadow (obsolete settlement - Portola)
Butte Bar (obsolete settlement - northwest of LaPorte at Dogwood Peak)
Butterfly (obsolete settlement - Quincy)

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C

C-Road
Camp Dixie (obsolete settlement - north of Chilcoot)
Camp Fourteen (obsolete settlement - north of Cromberg at Babcock Peak)
Camp Rodgers (obsolete settlement - Storrie)
Camp Thirteen (obsolete settlement - north of Beckwourth at Squaw Valley Peak)
Camp Wallace Alexander (obsolete settlement - Crescent Mills)
Campbell Cow Camp (obsolete settlement - Storrie)
Canyon Dam
Cariboo (see Caribou)
Caribou
Carmack Mine (defunct mine - west of Johnsville at Blue Nose Mountain)
Carpenter Bar (obsolete settlement - northwest of LaPorte at Dogwood Peak)
Cascade (obsolete settlement - near LaPorte)
Cates (obsolete settlement - north of Beckwourth)
Cattle Spring Mine (defunct mine - Quincy)
Cedar Flat (obsolete settlement - northwest of LaPorte)
Cedar Mill (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
Chapparal Hill (obsolete settlement - Johnsville)
Chases (obsolete settlement - north of Beckwourth)
Cherokee Mine (defunct mine - Crescent Mills/Greenville)
Chester
Chilcoot
China Bar (obsolete settlement - Twain)
China Gulch (obsolete settlement - northwest of LaPorte)
City of Seventy-Six (obsolete settlement - Johnsville)
Clairville Flat (obsolete settlement - Blairsden)
Claybank Mine (defunct mine - LaPorte)
Clear Creek (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
Clear Creek Junction (obsolete settlement - near Westwood) *this are now is part of Lassen County.
Clear Creek Mine (defunct mine - between Canyon Dam and Westwood) *this area now is part of Lassen County.
Cleghorn Bar (obsolete settlement - northwest of LaPorte at Dogwood Peak)
Clio
Clover Valley Ranch (obsolete settlement - Beckwourth)
Comeback Mine (defunct mine - Twain)
Cooks Canyon (obsolete settlement - Greenville)
Cottonwood Meadow (obsolete settlement - Belden)
Coyote Flat (obsolete settlement - Humbug Valley, south of Almanor)
Crescent Hill Mine (defunct mine - nearLaPorte)
Crescent Mills
Crocker Meadow (obsolete settlement - near Portola)
Cromberg
Crow (obsolete settlement - near Portola)
Crystal / Crystal Vista (obsolete settlement - north of Chilcoot)
Cutter Meadow (obsolete settlement - Quincy)

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D

Darby Meadow (obsolete settlement - northwest of LaPorte)
Davies / Davies Mill (obsolete settlement - Graeagle)
Davis Mine (defunct mine - Canyon Dam)
Dejonah Creek Mine (defunct mine - northwest of LaPorte at Dogwood Peak)
Delaney (obsolete settlement - Blairsden)
Delleker
Dentens (obsolete settlement - Blairsden)
Diamond Springs (obsolete settlement - LaPorte)
Doctor Smith Flat (obsolete settlement - Antelope area)
Downing Cabin (obsolete settlement - north of Chilcoot)
Drakesbad (obsolete settlement - west-northwest of Chester)
Dry Flat (obsolete settlement - Antelope area)
Dutch Hill Mine (defunct mine - Seneca area)

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E

Eagle Gulch (obsolete settlement - Meadow Valley)
Eagle Mine (defunct mine - northwest of LaPorte)
East Quincy (see Quincy)
East Shore (Almanor/Lake Almanor)
Eden (obsolete settlement - Johnsville) *sometimes also referred to as Eden Township, but never was an actual township within Plumas County.
Edmanton (obsolete settlement - Meadow Valley)
Egbert Mines (obsolete settlement - between Quincy and LaPorte)
Elizabethtown (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
Engle / Engle Mine (defunct mine - Taylorsville area)
English Bar (obsolete settlement - west of Johnsville at Blue Nose Mountain)
Eureka Mills (obsolete settlement - Johnsville)

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F

Faggs Ranch (obsolete settlement - northwest of LaPorte)
Fanani Meadow (obsolete settlement - Humbug Valley, south of Almanor)
Fant Gathering Corral (obsolete settlement - north of Taylorsville at Kettle Rock)
Feather Fork Mine (defunct mine - between Quincy and LaPorte)
Feather River Meadows (obsolete settlement - west-northwest of Chester)
Fells Flat (obsolete settlement - between Quincy and Johnsville)
Ferris Flat (obsolete settlement - north of Chilcoot)
Fillmore Township (township: see County Townships)
Five Bear Mine (defunct mine - between Quincy and LaPorte)
Five Points (obsolete settlement - Blairsden)
Flemings Sheep Camp (obsolete settlement - west-northwest of Antelope)
Flume Camp (obsolete settlement - near LaPorte)
Folchi Meadows (obsolete settlement - near Calpine) *Calpine is part of Sierra County.
Four Trees (obsolete settlement - west of Bucks Lake)
Franklin Hill (obsolete settlement - LaPorte)
Frazier Cabin (obsolete settlement - Antelope)
French Bar (obsolete settlement - Caribou)
French Camp (obsolete settlement - LaPorte)

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G

Gallagher Mine (defunct mine - west of Johnsville at Blue Nose Mountain)
Gansner Bar (obsolete settlement - Caribou)
Gate Place (obsolete settlement - north of Beckwourth)
Genesee (Genesee Valley)
Gibsonville (obsolete settlement - near LaPorte)
Glazier Mine (defunct mine - Twain)
Gold Mountain
Gold Point Mine (defunct mine - between Quincy and LaPorte)
Goldstripe Mine (defunct mine - near Canyon Dam)
Goodwin Township (township: see County Townships)
Graeagle
Granes Cabin (obsolete settlement - near LaPorte)
Grasshopper Flat (obsolete settlement - near Portola)
Grassy Flat (obsolete settlement - west of Belden)
Grays Flat (obsolete settlement - near Twain)
Green Flat (obsolete settlement - near Genesee)
Greenbower Mine (defunct mine - northwest of LaPorte)
Greenhorn
Greens Flat (obsolete settlement - northwest of LaPorte)
Greens Flat (obsolete settlement - near Meadow Valley)
Greenville
Grigsby Camp (obsolete settlement - north of Chilcoot)
Grizzly Mine (defunct mine - near Canyon Dam)
Grub Flat (obsolete settlement - near Meadow Valley)
Grubbs Cow Camp (obsolete settlement - northwest of LaPorte)

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H
H and G Mine (defunct mine - between Quincy and LaPorte)
Hallett Meadow (obsolete settlement - Antelope)
Hallsted Flat (obsolete settlement - near Twain)
Hamilton Branch
Hansons Bar (obsolete settlement - near LaPorte)
Hardquartz Mine (defunct mine - northwest of LaPorte)
Harrison Flat (obsolete settlement - west of Johnsville)
Hartman Bar (obsolete settlement - northwest of LaPorte)
Harwood Cabin (obsolete settlement - near Antelope Lake)
Hauns Meadow (obsolete settlement - near Canyon Dam)
Haven (obsolete settlement - Caribou)
Hawley (obsolete settlement - east-northeast of Beckwourth)
Hazard Mine (defunct mine - near Twain)
Heckle Ranch (obsolete settlement - north of Chester)
Henrys Flat (obsolete settlement - west of Belden)
Honey Lake Township (township: see County Townships)
Hopnomkoyo (obsolete Maidu settlement on Lights Creek, near Taylorsville)
Hose Mine (defunct mine - northwest of LaPorte)
Hot Springs (obsolete settlement - near Twain)
Howland Flat (obsolete settlement - near LaPorte)
Humbug Valley (obsolete settlement - south of Almanor)
Hungarian Placer Mine (defunct mine - Quincy)

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I

Imperial Mine (defunct mine - Quincy)
Independence Mine (defunct mine - near LaPorte)
Independent Mine (defunct mine - between Quincy and LaPorte)
Indian Bar (obsolete settlement - near Caribou)
Indian Falls
Indian Township (township: seeCounty Townships)
Indian Valley Mine (defunct mine - near Greenville)
Iron Dyke Mine (defunct mine - near Taylorsville)
Iron Horse

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J

Jack Ass Flats (obsolete settlement - Storrie)
Jackson Township (township: see County Townships)
Jamison (obsolete settlement - near Johnsville)
Jamison Mine (defunct mine - south of Johnsville)
Jenkins Sheep Camp (obsolete settlement - north of Beckwourth)
Johnson Fields (obsolete settlement - near Chester)
Johnson Mine (defunct mine - Quincy)
Johnsville
Jonesville (obsolete settlement - west of Belden)
Jordan Flat (obsolete settlement - north of Chilcoot)

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K

Keddie
Keefer Ranch (obsolete settlement - near Almanor)
Kelly Camp (obsolete settlement - west-northwest of Chester)
Kennedy Cabin (obsolete settlement - near LaPorte)
Kerby (obsolete settlement - near Portola)
King Solomon Mine (defunct mine - near Taylorsville)
Kotasi (obsolete Maidu settlement, east of Greenville)

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L
LaPorte
Lake Almanor (see Almanor)
Lake Davis
Lassen View (obsolete settlement - near Westwood) *this area now is part of Lassen County.
Last Chance (obsolete settlement - between Quincy and LaPorte)
Last Chance Valley (obsolete settlement -north of Chilcoot)
Lawton Meadow (obsolete settlement - near Portola)
Layman Camp (obsolete settlement - near Johnsville)
Lee Camp (obsolete settlement - west-northwest of Chester)
Lemm Ranch (obsolete settlement - Humbug Valley, south of Almanor)
Letter Box (obsolete settlement - west of Bucks Lake)
Lights Creek (obsolete settlement - north of Taylorsville)
Lincoln (obsolete settlement - Greenville)
Little California Mine (defunct mine - northwest of LaPorte at Dogwood Peak)
Little Grass Valley
Little Jamison (obsolete settlement - south of Johnsville)
Logan Tunnel (obsolete settlement - near Twain)
Logue Meadows (obsolete settlement - near Storrie)
Lone Pine Mine Number 1 (obsolete settlement - north of Taylorsville)
Long Valley (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
Longville (obsolete settlement - Humbug Valley, south of Almanor)
Lott Mine (defunct mine - near Belden)
Lovejoy (obsolete settlement - northeast of Cromberg)
Lowe Flat (obsolete settlement - near Janesville) *this area now is part of Lassen County.
Lucky Chance Mine (defunct mine - near Twain)
Lucky Jack Mine (defunct mine - west of Bucks Lake)
Lucky Laddie Mine (defunct mine - west of Bucks Lake)
Lucky S Mine (defunct mine - north of Taylorsville)
Lynch Meadows (obsolete settlement - near Storrie)

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M

Mabie
Mammoth Mill (obsolete settlement near Johnsville)
Maple Flat (obsolete settlement near Bucks Lake)
Martin Mine (defunct mine northwest of LaPorte)
Mary Cameron Mine (defunct mine near Twain)
Massack (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
Maybe (see Mabie)
McKintosh Ranch (obsolete settlement near LaPorte)
McRae Meadow (obsolete settlement west of Johnsville)
Meadow Valley
Meeker Bar (obsolete settlement near Twain)
Merlin (obsolete settlement near Storrie)
Middle Campsite (obsolete settlement near Caribou)
Midway House (obsolete settlement north of Beckwourth)
Milkhouse Flat (obsolete settlement near Belden)
Mineral Township (township: see County Townships)
Minerva Bar (obsolete settlement between Quincy/LaPorte)
Missouri Bar (obsolete settlement near Caribou)
Moccasin (obsolete settlement - Crescent Mills)
Mohave City (obsolete settlement - Johnsville)
Mohawk
Mohawk Valley Ranch (obsolete settlement - Mohawk)
Mohawk Vista (obsolete settlement - Mohawk)
Monitor Flat (obsolete settlement between Quincy/LaPorte)
Monitor Mine (defunct mine - Crescent Mills)
Moody Meadows (obsolete settlement west-northwest of Chester)
Morgan Bar (obsolete settlement near LaPorte)
Mormon Trail Camp (obsolete settlement near Bucks Lake)
Morris Mine (defunct mine near Belden)
Mosquito Flat (obsolete settlement northwest of LaPorte)
Mountain Spring House (obsolete settlement northwest of LaPorte)
Mule Shoe Mine (defunct mine - Almanor)
Murphy Flat (obsolete settlement between Storrie/Belden)
Myrtle Flat (obsolete settlement near Belden)

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N
Nakankoyo (obsolete Maidu settlement near Big Springs) *near Westwood - Lassen County
Naku (see Nakankoyo)
Nelson Point (obsolete settlement between Quincy/LaPorte)
New Mohawk (obsolete settlement - Mohawk)
New York Mine (defunct mine - Greenville)
Newtown Flat (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
North Arm (see Taylorsville) *Post Office for this area is Greenville
Nye Meadows (obsolete settlement northeast of Cromberg)

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O
Oak Flat (obsolete settlement near Genesee Valley)
Oak Flat (obsolete settlement near Caribou)
Oats Meadow (obsolete settlement near LaPorte) *site inundated by Little Grass Valley Reservoir
Oliver Flat (obsolete settlement - Storrie)
Onion Valley (obsolete settlement between Quincy/LaPorte)
Ontop Mine (defunct mine northwest of LaPorte)
Otis Ranch (obsolete settlement near Blairsden)

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P
Palmetto (obsolete settlement west of Bucks Lake)
Paulson Place (obsolete settlement northwest of LaPorte)
Paxton
Pea Soup Bar (obsolete settlement near Caribou)
Pecks Valley (obsolete settlement north of Greenville)
Peerless Mine (defunct mine near Canyon Dam)
Peninsula Village (see Almanor)
Peppard Flat (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
Perini Place (obsolete settlement near Twain)
Pilot Mine (defunct mine west of Johnsville)
Pine Grove (obsolete settlement near LaPorte)
Pineleaf Mine (defunct mine near Meadow Valley)
Pioneer (obsolete settlement between Quincy/LaPorte)
Plinco Mine (defunct mine north of Chilcoot)
Plumas Township (township: see County Townships)
Plumas-Eureka Mills
Poor Man's Creek (obsolete settlement between Quincy/LaPorte)
Port Wine (obsolete settlement near LaPorte)
Portola
Poverty Bar (obsolete settlement near Caribou)
Prattville
Providence Hill Mine (defunct mine near Twain)

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Q
Quartz Township (township: see County Townships)
Quincy *county seat
Quincy Junction (obsolete settlement - Quincy)

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R
Ramelli Ranch (obsolete settlement near Portola)
Red Clover (obsolete settlement - Taylorsville)
Red Rock Mine (defunct mine near Caribou)
Reese Flat (obsolete settlement near Storrie)
Rhinehart Meadow (obsolete settlement near Taylorsville)
Rhodes Meadow (obsolete settlement west-northwest of Chester)
Rich Bar (obsolete settlement east of Belden)
Rich Bar Township (township: see County Townships)
Robbers Roost (obsolete settlement west-southwest of Almanor)
Robinson Mine (defunct mine northwest of LaPorte)
Rock Creek Camp (obsolete settlement near Storrie)
Rock Crest (obsolete settlement near Storrie)
Rodgers Flat (obsolete settlement near Storrie)
Ross Ranch (obsolete settlement near Portola)
Round Valley (obsolete settlement - Greenville)
Ruby Mine (defunct mine north of Taylorsville)
Ruffa Ranch (obsolete settlement west-southwest of Almanor)

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S
Saint Louis (obsolete settlement near LaPorte)
Sanborn Mine (defunct mine - LaPorte)
Sardine Valley Settlement (see Davies)
Sawmill Flat (obsolete settlement between Quincy/LaPorte)
Sawpit Flat (obsolete settlement between Quincy/LaPorte)
Secret Diggings (obsolete settlement near LaPorte)
Seneca (obsolete settlement south of Almanor)
Seneca Township (township: see County Townships)
Sheep Camp (obsolete settlement north of Beckwourth)
Shenandoah Mine (defunct mine near Bucks Lake)
Sherman Bar (obsolete settlement northwest of LaPorte)
Shoe Fly (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
Sierra (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
Silongkoyo (obsolete Maidu settlement - Quincy)
Silver Creek (obsolete settlement near Meadow Valley)
Skinner Flat (obsolete settlement near Canyon Dam)
Sloat
Smiths Bar (obsolete settlement near Caribou)
Soda Bar (obsolete settlement - Greenville)
Soda Springs (obsolete settlement in Humbug Valley, south of Almanor)
Soldier Meadows (obsolete settlement in Humbug Valley, south of Almanor)
Spanish Creek (obsolete settlement - Quincy)
Spanish Flat (obsolete settlement near LaPorte)
Spanish Peak (obsolete settlement - Meadow Valley)
Spanish Point (obsolete settlement - Meadow Valley)
Spanish Ranch (obsolete settlement - Rich Bar)
Spring Garden
Squirrel Creek (obsolete settlement near Johnsville)
Standart Mine (defunct mine - Crescent Mills)
Stone Dairy Cabin (obsolete settlement north of Beckwourth)
Storrie
Stover Camp (obsolete settlement west-northwest of Chester)
Strawberry Valley (obsolete settlement - LaPorte)
Sugar Pine Mine (defunct mine between Quincy/LaPorte)
Sulphur Spring House (obsolete settlement - Clio)
Sulphur Springs (obsolete settlement - Mohawk)
Summit (obsolete settlement - Chilcoot)
Summit Township (township: see County Townships)
Sunflower Flat (obsolete settlement near Belden)
Sunflower Flat (obsolete settlement west-northwest of Chester)
Sunnyside Mine (defunct mine near Twain)
Swain Meadow (obsolete settlement near Westwood) *Lassen County
Swiss Mine (defunct mine near Twain)

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T
Tamarack Flat (obsolete settlement near Meadow Valley)
Tamarack Flat (obsolete settlement near LaPorte)
Tasikoyo (obsolete Maidu settlement - Taylorsville)
Taylor Diggings (obsolete settlement - Taylorsville)
Taylorsville
The A-Tree (obsolete settlement south of Johnsville) *near Sierra County line
Thompson Valley (obsolete settlement between Quincy and Portola)
Tobin
Trosi Canyon Ranch (obsolete settlement - Chilcoot)
Turkeytown Diggings (obsolete settlement west of Johnsville)
Tuskikweyo (see Tasikoyo)
Twain
Twelve-Mile Bar (obsolete settlement - Rich Bar)
Twenty-Mile House (obsolete settlement near Johnsville)
Twin Meadows (obsolete settlement north of Chester) *in Lassen National Volcanic Park
Two Rivers (obsolete settlement near Johnsville)

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U
Union (obsolete settlement - Taylorsville)
Upper Dutch Diggings (obsolete settlement near LaPorte)

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V
Valley Ranch
Vinton
Virgilia (obsolete settlement near Twain)

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W
Walker Mine (defunct mine northeast of Cromberg)
Walters Mine (defunct mine near LaPorte)
Warner Valley
Wash (obsolete settlement - Mohawk)
Washington Township (township: see County Townships)
Wemple Cabin (obsolete settlement near Antelope)
Whiskey Diggings (obsolete settlement near LaPorte)
White Horse Mine (defunct mine near Twain)
White Pine Chrome Mine (defunct mine between Quincy/LaPorte)
Whitehawk
Williams and Dorf Mine (defunct mine between Quincy/LaPorte)
Williams Valley (obsolete settlement near Greenville)
Willow Creek (obsolete settlement west-northwest of Chester)
Wilson-Gomez Mine (defunct mine between Quincy/LaPorte)
Woods Mine (defunct mine near LaPorte)
Workmans Bar (obsolete settlement near Storrie)

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Y-Z
Yard House (obsolete settlement near LaPorte)
Zumwalt Flat (obsolete settlement west of Johnsville)

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Plumas County Townships

Townships that existed within Plumas County at one time
Beckwourth
Eden
Fillmore
Goodwin
Honey Lake
Indian
Jackson
Mineral
Plumas
Quartz
Rich Bar
Seneca
Summit
Washington

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A township is a geographical division of a county, established by land surveys and usually made up of 36 sections, each with roughly an area of 1 square mile (2.6 square kilometers), or roughly 640 acres. Unlike incorporated cities and municipalities throughout California and other states, Plumas County consists primarily of unincorporated places, with the only exception being the City of Portola. Because of its lack of incorporated cities and municipalities, the U.S. Census Bureau historically has enumerated the population of Plumas County by civil township, rather than by town. Depending on the census year, a researcher may find that one family lived in one Plumas County township on one record and then a different Plumas County (or even Lassen County) township on another record, though the family had not moved (as evidenced by neighbors). This is because the townships of Plumas County were organized and then reorganized several times over a relatively short period. A brief history and timeline of Plumas County townships follows:

18 Mar 1854
Mineral and Quartz Townships, already designated by Butte County, were transferred to Plumas County upon its creation. Mineral Township contained the area known as Rich Bar, as well as all of the land along the middle fork of the Feather River. Quartz Township contained an eastern portion of what was later Beckwourth Township, as well as a portion of what is now Lassen County.

Sep 1854
Washington Township was created and contained the mountainous area between Quincy and LaPorte, but exclusive of the LaPorte District, which belonged at that time to Sierra County. Plumas Township was created and consisted of the present-day Quincy area, including Meadow Valley and Bucks Lake areas, as well part of what later became Indian Township, a northern portion of what was later Beckwourth Township, and part of what is now Lassen County.

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1854
Seneca Township was created and contained the Humbug Valley area, Big Meadows (now Almanor and Chester areas), part of what later became Indian Township, as well as part of what is now Lassen County.

22 Sep 1855
Plumas Township was divided by a line running on the dividing ridge between American Valley (Quincy area) and Indian Valley (Greenville/Taylorsville area). All of the land lying east of line became Indian Township.

06 May 1856
Fillmore Township was created, embracing the portion of the county lying south of middle fork of the Feather River and west of Little Grass Valley.

07 May 1856
Rich Bar Township was created, embracing the north fork of the Feather River from one mile east of Kingsbury's Ferry to the Butte County line, the line dividing it from Mineral Township running one mile south of the river.

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13 Nov 1856
Jackson Township was organized out of Plumas and Quartz Townships, beginning at Poplar Bar on the middle fork of the Feather River, then up the river (including both banks) to the mouth of Jamison Creek, then across to the Grizzly Valley divide, then with said divide to the line dividing Plumas and Quartz, then south on said line to the beginning.

01 Dec 1856
The northwest corner of Jackson Township was defined to be a point opposite the east end of Yeates' ranch, from which the line ran south to Poplar bar.

04 Aug 1857
Honey Lake Township was formed out of parts of Indian and Seneca Townships, embracing territory now within Lassen County.

04 Nov 1862
Summit Township was created to comprise the whole of Sierra Valley, Beckwourth Valley, and Long Valley.

1865/1866
LaPorte District was annexed to Plumas County and became Goodwin Township.

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09 Aug 1866
The county was completely re-subdivided and eight townships were defined: Goodwin, Washington, Quartz, Plumas, Indian Seneca, Rich Bar, and Mineral. The townships of Fillmore, Jackson, and Summit were eliminated. Honey Lake Township went to Lassen County when it was formed in 1864.

05 May 1874
The Board of Supervisors approved A. W. Keddie's map of Plumas County as the official map and defined eight townships as follows:

SENECA TOWNSHIP: Beginning at the point on the county line between Plumas and Lassen, where the government range line between ranges 8 and 9 E., Mount Diablo Meridian, would cross said county line, and running thence south on said range line to the south-west corner of T. 26 N., R. 9 E.; thence due west to the county line; thence northerly on county line to Lassen Butte; thence east and southerly, following the boundary of Plumas county, to the place of beginning.

RICH BAR TOWNSHIP: Beginning at the south-west corner of Seneca township, on the county line between Plumas and Butte, and running thence sourh-westerly along said county line to a point three miles westerly from the Buckeye House, a station on the Oroville and Quincy wagon road; thence north-easterly in a direct line to the summit of Fale's Hill; thence easterly to the summit of the divide between Spanish creek and the east branch of the north fork of Feather river, to a point where the government range line between ranges 8 and 9 east would cross said divide; thence north to the south boundary of Seneca township; thence westerly along the south boundary of Seneca township to the place of beginning.

MINERAL TOWNSHIP: Beginning at the south corner of Rich Bar township, on the county line between Plumas and Butte, and running thence north-easterly and easterly along the boundary of Rich Bar township to the government range line to the middle fork of Feather river; thence down the said middle fork to the county line between Plumas and Butte; thence north-westerly along said county line to the place of beginning.

GOODWIN TOWNSHIP: Beginning at the south boundary of Mineral township, where the middle fork of Feather river crosses the county line between ranges 10 and 11; thence south on said range line to the summit of the divide between Nelson creek and Poplar creek; thence southerly on said divide to the county line between Plumas and Sierra; thence north-westerly, south-westerly, and north-westerly on the south boundary line of Plumas county to the place of beginning.

QUARTZ TOWNSHIP: Beginning at the south-east corner of Goodwin township, on the county line between Plumas and Sierra, and running thence easterly on said county line to the government range line between ranges 13 and 14 east; thence northerly on said range line to the north-east corner of T. 23 N., R. 13 E.; thence west on government township line to the summit of the divide between the waters of the north and middle forks of Feather river; thence south-westerly along the summit of said divide to the government range line between ranges 10 and 11 east; thence south to the summit of the divide between Nelson and Poplar creeks; thence southerly along the east boundary of Goodwin township to the place of beginning.

BECKWOURTH TOWNSHIP: Beginning on the east line of Quartz township, at the south-west corner of T. 22 N., R. 14 E., Mount Diablo meridian, and running thence north along the east boundary of Quartz township to the north-east corner of T. 23 N., R. 13 E.; thence west along the north line of Quartz township on the north-west corner of T. 23 N., R. 13 E.; thence north, following the government range line between ranges No. 12 and 13, east to the county line between Plumas and Lassen; thence south-easterly and southerly along said county line to the south-east corner of Plumas county; thence west along the county line between Plumas and Sierra to the place of beginning.

INDIAN TOWNSHIP: Beginning at the north-west corner of Beckwourth township, on the county line between Plumas and Lassen, and rushing thence north-westerly, south-westerly, and westerly, along the county line to the east line of Seneca township; thence south on the said east line and east line of Rich Bar township, to the east branch of the north fork of Feather river; thence up said east branch to the junction of Indian and Spanish creeks; thence easterly and south-easterly, following the summit of the ridge dividing the waters of Indian and Spanish creeks to the summit of the main divide between the waters of the north fork and middle fork of the Feather river, on the north boundary of Quartz township to the west line of Beckwourth township; thence northerly on said west line of Beckwourth township to the place of beginning.

PLUMAS TOWNSHIP: Commencing at the south-west corner of Indian township, where the east line of Rich Bar township crosses the east branch of the north fork of Feather river, and running thence easterly up the said east branch and the summit of the divide between Indian and Spanish creeks, along the south boundary of Indian township, to the north boundary of Quartz township; thence south-westerly along the summit of the divide between the middle and north forks of the Feather river to the government range line between ranges 10 and 11 east; thence south on said range line to the north-east corner of Goodwin township in the middle fork of Feather river; thence westerly down the middle fork of Feather river and north boundary of Goodwin township to the government range line between ranges 8 and 9 east; thence north on said range line to the place of beginning. 8/7/1877 boundary line between Indian and Seneca moved westward about 2 miles "commencing at the summit of Mt. Dyer on the east boundary of Seneca township, and running thence southerly on the dividing range between the north fork of Feather river and the waters of Indian and Rush creeks, to the north line of Rich Bar township; thence east on said north boundary to the west line of Indian township; thence south-easterly, northerly, and westerly on the line of Indian township already established to Mt. Dyer, the place of beginning. On the seventh of February, 1879, a strip from the north side of Goodwin township and a small piece from the north-west corner of Quartz township were added to Plumas township by changing the boundary of Plumas: "beginning on the divide between north and middle forks, on a line between sections 33 and 34, T. 24 N., R. 11 E., and running south to the section point corner sections 3 and 4 on the north line of T. 23 N., R. 11 E.; thence south on the section lines four miles; thence west to middle fork of Feather river on south line of Plumas township."

Then, on the same day, Rich Bar and Mineral townships were united in one under the name of Mineral Township, the outside boundaries remaining as before defined.

07 Sep 1880
The Board of Supervisors apportioned the townships to the three supervisor districts as follows: District No. 1, Beckwourth, Quartz and Goodwin; No. 2, Plumas and Mineral; No. 3, Indian and Seneca.

circa 1885
Eden Township was formed at some point, which encompassed an area that included Johnsville and Eureka Mills. This township existed around the time that the 1885 Plumas County Directory was printed, but apparently did not exist during the time of the 1880 and 1900 federal censuses. The township must have been formed from part of Plumas Township.

Information about the history of the townships of Plumas County (excepting Eden Township) is from Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties with California from 1513 to 1850, Fariss & Smith, 1882, San Francisco.

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