Clearing House (formerly, Clearinghouse) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Mariposa County,

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. It is located on the north bank of the

Merced River The Merced River (), in the central part of the U.S. state of California, is a -long tributary of the San Joaquin River flowing from the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley. It is most well known for its swift and st ...

west of El Portal. The Clearinghouse post office operated from 1913 to 1933. The place name comes from the Clearinghouse Mine, so named as it was an exchange place for gold bullion and certificates during the

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. After the construction of the

Yosemite Valley Railroad The Yosemite Valley Railroad (YVRR) was a Shortline railroad, short-line railroad that operated in California from 1907 to 1945, providing a new mode of travel and tourism for the region. It ran from Merced, California, Merced to the Yosemite N ...

, Clearing House became a railroad stop. The mines continued to operate into the 1950s.

References

Unincorporated communities in Mariposa County, California Merced River 1913 establishments in California Unincorporated communities in California {{MariposaCountyCA-geo-stub