Diamondville, California

Coordinates: 39°45′35″N 121°40′30″W / 39.75972°N 121.675°W / 39.75972; -121.675

Diamondville
—  Former settlement  —
Diamondville Location in California
Coordinates: 39°45′35″N 121°40′30″W / 39.75972°N 121.675°W / 39.75972; -121.675
Country	United States
State	California
County	Butte County

Diamondville (also, Rich Bar and Goatville)^[1] is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Paradise.^[1] The town was named for James Diamond.^[1] In the 1870s, Diamondville was on the stage coach route to Chico, 11 miles (18 km) distant; fares averaged 10 cents per mile.^[2] Cretaceous fossils were reported to be found from Butte Creek below Diamondville.^[3] In an 1884 report published by the United States government on the produciton of precious metals in the United States, Diamondville was described as "an old mining town . . . occupied by one or two ranchers and only mined by Chinese."^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 225. ISBN 9781884995149. 
2. ^ Crofutt, George A. (1878). Crofutt's New Overland Tourist and Pacific Coast Guide. The Overland Publishing Company. p. 197. http://books.google.com/books?id=sIYUAAAAYAAJ. 
3. ^ Geological Survey of California (1865). Geology. Caxton Press of Sherman & Co.. p. 209. http://books.google.com/books?id=Db0QAAAAIAAJ. 
4. ^ United States Congress (1884). Executive Documents of the House of Representatives. Government Printing Office. p. 127. http://books.google.com/books?id=sIYUAAAAYAAJ.