Fourth Crossing (formerly, Foremans) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

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. It lies at an elevation of 922 feet (281 m) and is located on State Route 49 at . The community is in ZIP code 95248 and

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. Located on San Antonio Creek, the town was originally named Foremans, after its founder David Foreman, but became known as Fourth Crossing, as it was located at the fourth river crossing on the Stockton– Murphys Road. Foreman had established a ferry to cross the river, which they replaced with a

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. The bridge is still standing to the west of the bridge that Hwy. 49 runs on. The town was famous in the 1850s for its rich placer ores, which were replaced by

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mining. After the gold ran out, the town continued to operate as an important

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and freighting depot, serving the southern mines until after the turn of the 20th century. The county's first Justice Court was established here, complete with a Justice of the Peace. Today the town is little more than a few buildings and it is registered as

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#258. A post office was opened in 1855 and discontinued in 1888; re-established in 1892 and closed for good in 1925.

Politics

In the

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, Fourth Crossing is in , and . Federally, Fourth Crossing is in .

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* Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Calaveras County, California California Historical Landmarks {{CalaverasCountyCA-geo-stub