Fredericksburg (also, Frederickburg and ) is an

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. It is located north-northeast of Woodfords, at an elevation of 5072 feet (1546 m). The town developed in the 1860s. A post office operated at Fredericksburg from 1898 to 1911.

Name

The town was started in 1864 and may have been named for Frederick Frevert, who operated a sawmill nearby.

History

The settlement began in the

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when German settler Frederick Buns began farming in the area. The farm became a stopover for travelers heading towards California and supplied

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and

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to mining towns as far away as

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. Several other German families settled in the community. A hotel opened but became the site of the school in 1881. A small brushfire in 1986 destroyed some old buildings. Fredericksburg has remained a small agricultural community.

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* Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Alpine County, California {{AlpineCountyCA-geo-stub