Birchville
Birchville is a historic mining and agricultural community in Nevada County, California. Birchville is located about 10 miles northwest of Nevada City and about 2 miles northeast of French Corral. It is situated at an elevation of 1,765 ft above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Nevada County, California, United States of America
- Also known as: “Birchville, California”, “Birchy”, and “Johnson’s Diggings”
Places of Interest
Highlights include First long-distance telephone line.
First long-distance telephone line
Monument
The world's first long-distance telephone line, established in 1877, connected French Corral with Bowman Lake at the headwaters of the Yuba River. It was strung across trees and poles for a distance of 60 mi in Nevada County, California, passing through Birchville, Sweetland, North San Juan, Cherokee, North Columbia, Lake City, North Bloomfield, Moores Flat, Graniteville, and Milton. First long-distance telephone line is situated 2 miles southwest of Birchville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sweetland and French Corral.
Sweetland
Hamlet
Sweetland is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. Located approximately 20 mi east of Marysville, It is situated at an elevation of 1,857 ft above sea level. Sweetland is situated 1½ miles northeast of Birchville.
French Corral
Hamlet
French Corral is an unincorporated community approximately five miles west of California State Highway 49 in Nevada County, California, United States. It was one of the first of several historic California gold rush mining camps along the San Juan Ridge. French Corral is situated 1½ miles southwest of Birchville.
Sebastopol
Hamlet
Sebastopol was a historic mining community located on the San Juan Ridge, about 13 miles north of Nevada City. It lay midway between Sweetland and North San Juan, around the intersection of modern Sweetland and School Roads, at an elevation of about 2000 feet. Sebastopol is situated 2½ miles northeast of Birchville.
Birchville
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.32767° or 39° 19′ 40″ northLongitude
-121.1444° or 121° 8′ 40″ westElevation
1,765 feet (538 metres)Open location code
84FW8VH4+36OpenStreetMap ID
node 141033690OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Birchville” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Birchville, California”
- Dutch: “Birchville”
- Irish: “Birchville”
- Turkish: “Birchville”
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