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Mariposa County

Mariposa

Mariposa is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in and the county seat of , United States. The population was 1,526 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Village with 2,170 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in and the county seat of Mariposa County, California, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Logtown”, “Mariposa, CA”, and “Mariposa, California”
  • Postal code: 95338

Places of Interest

Highlights include California State Mining and Mineral Museum and Saint Josephs Catholic Church.

Park
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The exhibits and interprets the state's mineral resources and mining heritage. It is part of the California state park system, and is located near Mariposa, a town in central California, on the premises of the fairgrounds.

Church
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St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rectory and Cemetery is a historic church, rectory, and located at 4983–4985 Bullion Street in the city of Mariposa, in the Sierra foothills of , .

School
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is a public high school located in Mariposa, California. The school is part of the Mariposa County Unified School District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agua Fria and Mormon Bar.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , . It is located 5.25 miles northeast of , at an elevation of 2001 feet. is situated 3 miles west of Mariposa.

Hamlet
Photo: Carleton Watkins, Public domain.
is an unincorporated community in , . It is located 2 miles south-southeast of Mariposa, at an elevation of 1772 feet.

Mariposa

Latitude
37.4849° or 37° 29′ 6″ north
Longitude
-119.9663° or 119° 57′ 59″ west
Population
2,170
Elevation
1,949 feet (594 metres)
IATA airport code
RMY
United Nations Location Code
US MP8
Open location code
8592F2MM+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150948766
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5370590
Wiki­data ID
Q2396842
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Mariposa” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Mariposa”
  • Catalan: “Mariposa”
  • Cebuano: “Mariposa”
  • Chechen: “Марипоса”
  • Chinese: “Mariposa”
  • Chinese: “馬里波薩”
  • Chinese: “马里波萨”
  • Croatian: “Mariposa”
  • Czech: “Mariposa”
  • Danish: “Mariposa”
  • Dutch: “Mariposa”
  • Esperanto: “Mariposa”
  • French: “Mariposa”
  • German: “Mariposa”
  • Gilaki: “مارپیسا”
  • Hungarian: “Mariposa”
  • Irish: “Mariposa”
  • Italian: “Mariposa”
  • Japanese: “マリポーサ”
  • Japanese: “マリポサ”
  • Japanese: “ログタウン”
  • Ladin: “Mariposa”
  • Malagasy: “Mariposa, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Mariposa”
  • Mazanderani: “ماریپوزا”
  • Mazanderani: “ماریپوسا، کلیفرنیا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mariposa”
  • Navajo: “Kʼaalógii Bikooh”
  • Newari: “मारिपोसा (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “मारिपोसा, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “मारिपोसा”
  • Pampanga: “Mariposa, California”
  • Pampanga: “Mariposa”
  • Persian: “ماریپوزا، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “ماریپوزا”
  • Polish: “Mariposa”
  • Portuguese: “Mariposa”
  • Romanian: “Mariposa, California”
  • Romanian: “Mariposa”
  • Russian: “Марипоса”
  • Serbian: “Марипоуса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mariposa, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mariposa”
  • Slovak: “Mariposa”
  • Slovenian: “Mariposa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ماریپوزا، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Mariposa (California)”
  • Spanish: “Mariposa”
  • Swedish: “Mariposa, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “Mariposa”
  • Tatar: “Марипоса”
  • Turkish: “Mariposa”
  • Ukrainian: “Маріпоса”
  • Volapük: “Mariposa”
  • Western Panjabi: “میریپوسا”
  • “Mariposa”

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