Mormon Bar 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 ...

Mariposa County Mariposa County () is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 17,131. The county seat is Mariposa. It is located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, north of Fresno, east of ...

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. It is located south-southeast of Mariposa, at an elevation of 1772 feet (540 m). Mormon Bar is located near State Route 49. Mormon Bar Mariposa

It was settled during the California Gold Rush. Mormons occupied the place during the winter of 1849/50. It was first mined by veterans of the

Mormon Battalion The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in United States military history in federal service, recruited solely from one religious body and having a religious title as the unit designation. The volunteers served from July 1846 to July ...

in 1849 after their discharge in 1847. They did not stay very long, and other miners came and occupied the site. At one time there was a significant Chinese presence there. Mormon Bar is

California Historical Landmark A California Historical Landmark (CHL) is a building, structure, site, or place in California that has been determined to have statewide historical landmark significance. Criteria Historical significance is determined by meeting at least one of ...

#323. It is somewhat of a

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, and is listed on many maps and ghost town travel guides as such.

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