Greasertown (also, Petersburg) is a former settlement in
Calaveras County
Calaveras County (), officially the County of Calaveras, is a county in both the Gold Country and High Sierra regions of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,292. The county seat is San Andreas. Angels Ca ...
, west of
San Andreas, on the west side of the
Calaveras River
The Calaveras River is a river in the San Joaquin Valley of California.
It flows roughly southwest for from the confluence of its north and south forks in Calaveras County to its confluence with the San Joaquin River in the city of Stockton.U ...
.
It was a mining town during the
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California fro ...
. It was destroyed when the first Hogan Dam on the
Calaveras River
The Calaveras River is a river in the San Joaquin Valley of California.
It flows roughly southwest for from the confluence of its north and south forks in Calaveras County to its confluence with the San Joaquin River in the city of Stockton.U ...
was built in the late 1920s.
References
Former settlements in Calaveras County, California
Former populated places in California
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