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]