*PLUMAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA*
1585 Listings
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Population:	20,824 2000 census
Area:	1,634,540 Acres
County Seat:	Quincy* 1854 - present
Date: 1854	From Butte County

Mining Districts
Name		Type



Historical Landmarks
Number	Name	Date
184	"Peter Lassen Monument" (Site of Lassen Trading Post)	1851
196	Jamison City, Eureka Mills, Johnstown, and the Famous Eureka Mine Now - Johnsville	1849
197	Buck's Lake Inundated by Bucks Reservoir	1850
212	Pioneer Grave (Grizzly Creek)	September, 1852
213	Rabbit Creek Hotel Monument Now La Porte	1852
231	Elizabethtown once called Tate's Ravine (1852)	1852
336	Beckwourth Pass	1851
337	Rich Bar	July, 1850
479	Site of American Ranch and Hotel	1854
480	Site of Plumas House	1866
481	Spanish Ranch and Meadow Valley	1850
625	Pioneer Schoolhouse	1857
723	Pioneer Ski Area of America - Johnsville

Territorial History
1854	Created from Butte County
	Territory from Butte to Plumas (1854)
	Territory from Sierra to Plumas (1866)
	Territory from Plumas to Lassen (1864)
	Territory from Plumas to Lassen (1872)
	Territory from Plumas to Shasta (1872)
	Territory from Plumas to Sierra (1868)
	Territory from Plumas to Sierra (1863)

*Quincy was known as American Ranch until it became the county seat.

In Spanish plumas means feathers. In creating this county, the state Legislature gave it the name Plumas because all of the numerous branches of the Feather River have their origins in its mountains.

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Census Totals
1850	1860	1870	1880
	4,363	4,489	6,881