Browns Valley
Browns Valley is an unincorporated community in Yuba County, California. Browns Valley is located 12 miles northeast of Marysville and is near Collins Lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Yuba County, California
- Also known as: “Brown’s Valley”, “Browns Valley, CA”, and “Browns Valley, California”
- Postal code: 95918
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sweet Vengeance Mine.
Sweet Vengeance Mine
Quarry
The Sweet Vengeance Mine was a gold mine in Browns Valley, California, discovered by African American miners during the Gold Rush. The mine was later owned and operated by a French company, which used one of the first stamp mills in California there. Sweet Vengeance Mine is situated 1½ miles north of Browns Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hammonton and Sicard Flat.
Hammonton
Hamlet
Hammonton is a former settlement in Yuba County, California. It is located 3.5 miles south of Browns Valley, at an elevation of 131 feet. Hammonton was a company town for the Yuba Consolidated Mines, which dredged gold from the Yuba River floodplain. Hammonton is situated 3½ miles south of Browns Valley.
Sicard Flat
Hamlet
Sicard Flat is an unincorporated community in Yuba County, California, USA. It is located 3 miles west-northwest of Smartville, at an elevation of 348 feet. The name honors Theodore Sicard, miner and merchant, who settled here in 1848. Sicard Flat is situated 3½ miles east of Browns Valley.
Loma Rica
Village
Loma Rica is a census-designated place in Yuba County, California, United States. The population was 2,409 at the 2020 census, up from 2,368 at the 2010 census. Loma Rica is located 15 miles northeast of Marysville. Loma Rica is situated 5 miles north of Browns Valley.
Browns Valley
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Yuba County, Sacramento Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.24211° or 39° 14′ 32″ northLongitude
-121.40913° or 121° 24′ 33″ westElevation
269 feet (82 metres)Open location code
84FW6HRR+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 141045768OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Browns Valley” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “布朗斯谷”
- French: “Browns Valley”
- Irish: “Browns Valley”
- Turkish: “Browns Valley, Kaliforniya”
- Turkish: “Browns Valley”
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