Downieville

Downieville is a census-designated place in and the county seat of , United States. Downieville is on the North Fork of the , at an elevation of 2,966 feet.
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  • Type: Village with 282 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Sierra County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Downeyville”, “Downieville, CA”, “Downieville, California”, “The Forks”, and “Washingtonville”
  • Postal code: 95936

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sierra County Sheriff’s Gallows and Sierra County Superior Court.

Historic site
Photo: NoeHill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sierra County Sheriff's Gallows, at Galloway Rd. and Courthouse Sq. in Downieville, California in , was built in 1885. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Courthouse
The Superior Court of California, County of Sierra, informally known as the , is the California superior court with jurisdiction over .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Goodyears Bar and Forest.

Hamlet
, known as Slaughter's Bar before 1851, is a census-designated place in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 69. is situated 3½ miles southwest of Downieville.

Hamlet
Photo: Mrgooseskin, Public domain.
, also known as City, is a small unincorporated community town site in , , United States, in the Sierra Nevada. The town site of is located at 4,489 feet in elevation. is situated 5 miles south of Downieville.

Downieville

Latitude
39.56044° or 39° 33′ 38″ north
Longitude
-120.82822° or 120° 49′ 42″ west
Population
282
Elevation
2,930 feet (893 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US DYH
Open location code
84FXH56C+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 141031992
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5343876
Wiki­data ID
Q2261383
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Volapük—“Downieville” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Daunivill”
  • Basque: “Downieville”
  • Catalan: “Downieville”
  • Cebuano: “Downieville”
  • Chechen: “Даунивилл”
  • Chinese: “唐尼維爾”
  • Croatian: “Downieville”
  • Dutch: “Downieville”
  • Esperanto: “Downieville”
  • French: “Downieville”
  • German: “Downieville”
  • Gilaki: “دانیويل”
  • Hungarian: “Downieville”
  • Irish: “Downieville”
  • Italian: “Downieville”
  • Japanese: “ダウニーヴィル”
  • Japanese: “ダウニービル”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Downieville (Kaliforniya)”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Downieville”
  • Ladin: “Downieville”
  • Malagasy: “Downieville, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Downieville”
  • Pampanga: “Downieville, California”
  • Pampanga: “Downieville”
  • Persian: “داونی ویل، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “داونی ویل”
  • Polish: “Downieville”
  • Portuguese: “Downieville”
  • Russian: “Даунивилл”
  • Serbian: “Даунивил”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Downieville, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Downieville”
  • Slovenian: “Downieville”
  • South Azerbaijani: “داونی ویل، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Downieville (California)”
  • Spanish: “Downieville”
  • Swedish: “Downieville”
  • Tatar: “Даунивилл”
  • Turkish: “Downieville”
  • Ukrainian: “Даунівілл”
  • Urdu: “ڈاؤنی ویل، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Volapük: “Downieville”

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Notable Places Nearby

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