Plainsburg (formerly, Plainsberg and Welch's Store) is an

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. It is located west of Le Grand, at an elevation of 220 feet (67 m). Plainsburg was said to be a thriving farming center in the nineteenth century. It had several businesses and was legally incorporated for a time. The town declined when it was bypassed by the Southern Pacific Railroad to the west and later the

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to the east. A grocery store remained as of 1992; the cemetery and elementary school are still present today. A post office operated at Plainsburg from 1869 to 1907.

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