Columbia (Calif.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
קולומביה (קליפורניה)
Name (Latin)
Columbia (Calif.)
Coordinates
-120.400286 -120.400286 38.03639694 38.03639694 (gooearth )
W1202405 W1202405 N0380211 N0380211 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 140886364
Wikidata: Q1112365
Library of congress: n 96038032
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 38°02ʹ11ʺN 120°24ʹ05ʺW)
  • Columbia, the town that Midas touched, 1996:galley (Columbia is located south and east of the Stanislaus River in Tuolumne Co. at the head of Mormon Creek)
  • U.S. Geol. Survey, Nat'l Mapping Info. (via WWW)(Columbia, populated place, Tuolume Co., California, 380211N, 1202401W)

Wikipedia description:

Columbia is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Tuolumne County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, Columbia had a population of 2,577. It was founded as a boomtown in 1850 when gold was found during the California Gold Rush, and was known as the "Gem of the Southern Mines." The town's historic central district is within the Columbia State Historic Park, which preserves the 19th century mining town legacy. The U.S. historic district is a National Historic Landmark District and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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