Brandy City, California Explained

Official Name:Brandy City, California
Pushpin Map:California#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:California
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sierra
Timezone:Pacific (PST)
Utc Offset:-8
Timezone Dst:PDT
Utc Offset Dst:-7
Elevation Ft:3707
Coordinates:39.5378°N -121.0253°W
Area Code:530
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1658126[1]

Brandy City, formerly known as Strychnine City, is an unincorporated community in Sierra County, California, United States, 7.5miles west of Goodyears Bar.[2]

The settlement is on Cherokee Creek, a tributary of the North Fork of the Yuba River. Gold was discovered there in 1850 and mined in the 19th century and again in the 1920s. There was a school, and until 1926 a post office.[3]

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  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  2. Book: Durham, David L. . California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. 1998. 537. 1-884995-14-4.
  3. Book: California Gold Camps: A Geographical and Historical Dictionary of Camps, Towns, and Localities where Gold was Found and Mined, Wayside Stations and Trading Centers . 45 . Erwin G. . Gudde . Elisabeth K. (ed.) . Gudde . 2009 . Berkeley . University of California . 9780520261440 .