Telegraph City
Telegraph City was an unincorporated town in Calaveras County, California. It lies at an elevation of 653 feet. First named Grasshopper City when it was started in the early 1860s, it was renamed in the 1870s for its location on the telegraph line between Stockton and Sonora.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in California, United States
- Also known as: “Telegraph City, CA” and “Telegraph City, California”
Telegraph City
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Calaveras County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.9354° or 37° 56′ 8″ northLongitude
-120.74255° or 120° 44′ 33″ westElevation
653 feet (199 metres)Open location code
849XW7P4+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 150946835OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Telegraph City” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “特勒格拉夫城”
- French: “Telegraph City”
- Persian: “تلگراف سیتی، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “تلگراف سیتی”
- Turkish: “Telegraph City”
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