Fredericksburg | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Population: | 72 |
Pushpin Map: | California#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in California |
Pushpin Image: | California Locator Map with US.PNG |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Alpine County |
Coordinates: | 38.8289°N -119.7869°W |
Elevation M: | 1546 |
Elevation Ft: | 5072 |
Fredericksburg (also, Frederickburg and ) is an unincorporated community in Alpine County, California. It is located 4miles north-northeast of Woodfords, at an elevation of 5072 feet (1546 m).
The town developed in the 1860s. A post office operated at Fredericksburg from 1898 to 1911.
The town was started in 1864 and may have been named for Frederick Frevert, who operated a sawmill nearby.[1]