Yankee Jims (also, Yankee Jim and Yankee Jim's)
[ is a small community in ]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 G ...
, California
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.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 ...
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History
Yankee Jims was once one of the largest mining camps in Placer County during the California Gold Rush. The Yankee Jim's post office operated from 1852 to 1940.[ The name comes from an Australian criminal who hid stolen horses at the site before gold was discovered there.][
The town site is marked by ]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 ...
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. Mildred Brooke Hoover, Douglas E. Kyle, Historic spots in California, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 2002. pp. 279-280
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Yankee Jims today is a small town composed simply of a cluster of homes. Its population was 18 in 2016.
See also
* California Historical Landmarks in Placer County, California
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References
External links
Californiagenealogy.org: ''Directory of the County of Placer County, California 1861'' listing for Yankee Jims, Placer County, California.
Unincorporated communities in Placer County, California
California Historical Landmarks
Mining communities of the California Gold Rush
Populated places in the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Populated places established in 1852
1852 establishments in California
History of Placer County, California
Unincorporated communities in California
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