- North Bloomfield, California
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North Bloomfield — Unincorporated community — Location of North Bloomfield in California
Coordinates: 39°22′06″N 120°53′58″W / 39.36833°N 120.89944°WCoordinates: 39°22′06″N 120°53′58″W / 39.36833°N 120.89944°W Country 
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CaliforniaCounty Nevada Elevation[1] 3,287 ft (1,002 m) Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) - Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7) Area code(s) 530 North Bloomfield (previously, Bloomfield, Humbug, and Humbug City) is a small unincorporated community located in Nevada County, California, United States, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Nevada City, California.
Settled in 1852, it was originally named Humbug after the creek of the same name.[2] As the settlement grew, it was re-named Humbug City, and then the more dignified Bloomfield. The settlement thrived during Malakoff Diggins mining days. When a post office was established on June 1, 1857, residents selected the current name to differentiate the town from Bloomfield, California.
In 1857, the population was approximately 500. Three years later, the North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company arrived and began hydraulic mining operations. By 1876, the population swelled to 2000. But in 1884, when hydraulic mining ended because of a lawsuit by Sacramento area farmers, North Bloomfield became an uninhabited San Juan Ridge ghost town.[3]
In the present day, the town of North Bloomfield is contained within the Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park. Some of the town’s original buildings remain and a few have been reconstructed:[4]
- Skidmore House
- E Clampus Vitus Building
- McKillicam & Mobley General Store
- St. Columncille’s Catholic Church
The post office was open from 1857 to 1942, moving once in 1875.[5]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Bloomfield, California
- ^ Hittell, Theodore Henry (1898). History of California. San Francisco. pp. 90. http://books.google.com/books?id=NUkOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA90&dq=%22north+bloomfield%22+humbug&client=firefox-a.
- ^ "North Bloomfield, California". ghosttownexplorers.org. http://www.ghosttownexplorers.org/california/bloomfield/bloomfield.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ "North Bloomfield". malakoff.com. http://www.malakoff.com/goldcountry/northblo.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 530. ISBN 9781884995149.
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