Official Name: | Gibsonville, 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: | 5430 |
Coordinates: | 39.7403°N -120.9089°W |
Area Code: | 530 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1658608[1] |
Gibsonville is a former settlement in Sierra County, California, United States.
Gibsonville is 3miles west-northwest of Mount Fillmore.
Gibsonville was founded in 1850, named after James Gibson, who guided a group of miners into the area. Population reportedly peaked early at 2000 residents, declining to 700 in 1855[2] then to 200 around 1882.[3] A post office opened in Gibsonville in 1855 and closed in 1910.[4] The land beneath the Gibsonville townsite was reworked by gold miners in the 1930s.[5] By 1964, Gibsonville was a "ghost town".[6]
Photographs at Calisphere.org