Forbestown
Forbestown is a census-designated place in Butte County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2772 feet. Its zip code is 95941 and its area code is 530.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 320 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Butte County, California
- Also known as: “Boles Dry Diggins”, “Forbes Diggins”, “Forbestown, CA”, and “Forbestown, California”
- Postal code: 95941
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Forbestown and Challenge.
Old Forbestown
Hamlet
Forbestown is a census-designated place in Butte County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2772 feet. Its zip code is 95941 and its area code is 530.
Challenge
Village
Challenge is an unincorporated community in Yuba County, California. It is located on Dry Creek 30 miles northeast of Marysville. Challenge was once the terminus of a narrow-gauge logging railroad that hauled timber to the Beanville mill. Challenge is situated 3 miles southeast of Forbestown.
Woodleaf
Hamlet
Woodleaf is an unincorporated community in Yuba County, California. It is located 2.5 miles northeast of Challenge, at an elevation of 3133 feet. A post office operated at Woodleaf from 1898 to 1971, with a closure from 1945 to 1947. Woodleaf is situated 4 miles east of Forbestown.
Forbestown
Latitude
39.51711° or 39° 31′ 2″ northLongitude
-121.26718° or 121° 16′ 2″ westPopulation
320Elevation
2,772 feet (845 metres)Open location code
84FWGP8M+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 141046266OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5349860Wikidata ID
Q5467292
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Forbestown” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Forbestown”
- Cebuano: “Forbestown”
- Chechen: “Форбстаун”
- Chinese: “福布斯敦”
- Croatian: “Forbestown”
- French: “Forbestown”
- German: “Forbestown”
- Gilaki: “فؤربزتاؤن”
- Irish: “Forbestown”
- Italian: “Forbestown”
- Ladin: “Forbestown”
- Persian: “فوربزتاون، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “فوربزتاون”
- Polish: “Forbestown”
- Serbian: “Форбстаун”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forbestown, California”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forbestown, Kalifornija”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forbestown”
- South Azerbaijani: “فوربزتاون، کالیفورنیا”
- Spanish: “Forbestown (California)”
- Spanish: “Forbestown”
- Tatar: “Форбстаун”
- Turkish: “Forbestown”
- Ukrainian: “Форбстаун”
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