Michigan Bluff (formerly, Michigan Bluffs and Michigan City) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Placer County Placer County ( ; Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 404,739. The county seat is Auburn. Placer County is included in the Great ...

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. Michigan Bluff is east-northeast of

Foresthill Foresthill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento– Arden-Arcade– Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,483 at the 2010 census, down from 1,791 ...

. It is at an elevation of . The original settlement was called Michigan City, but after erosion threatened the town it was moved up-slope and renamed Michigan Bluff. The Michigan City post office operated from 1854 to 1943. The town was founded by gold miners. Mining began in earnest in 1853, and town was shipping $100,000 in gold per month by 1858.

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ran a store in the town from 1853 to 1855. After

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was banned, the town entered decline. The town is now registered as

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#402.

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External links

Michigan Bluff, Placer County, California, from Directory of the County of Placer County, California 1861, on the website of californiagenealogy.org
Unincorporated communities in Placer County, California Mining communities of the California Gold Rush Populated places in the Sierra Nevada (United States) California Historical Landmarks Unincorporated communities in California {{PlacerCountyCA-geo-stub