Forest Home, Amador County, California

Forest Home
Forest Home
Former settlement
	Forest Home Location in California
	Coordinates: 38°27′54″N 120°57′51″W / 38.46500°N 120.96417°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Amador County
Elevation	581 ft (177 m)

38°27′54″N 120°57′51″W / 38.46500°N 120.96417°W / 38.46500; -120.96417

Forest Home is a former settlement in Amador County, California.^[1] It was located 6.25 miles (10.1 km) west of Plymouth,^[2] at an elevation of 581 feet (177 m).^[1] It still appeared on USGS maps as of 1944.^[1]

Forest Home began as a gold mining center, north of Ione.^[3] Both placer and hydraulic mining was conducted.^[3] After the gold petered out, copper mining began.^[3]

A post office operated at Forest Home from 1862 to 1905, moving once in 1886.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forest Home, California
^ ^a ^b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 486. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c Miller, Donald C. (1978). Ghost Towns of California. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company. p. 65. ISBN 0871085178.

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[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forest Home, California

[CGN-2] Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 486. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

[GT-3] Miller, Donald C. (1978). Ghost Towns of California. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company. p. 65. ISBN 0871085178.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Amador County, California, United States
County seat: Jackson
Cities	Amador City Ione Jackson Plymouth Sutter Creek	Amador County map
CDPs	Amador Pines Buckhorn Buena Vista Camanche North Shore Camanche Village Drytown Fiddletown Kirkwood‡ Lockwood Martell Pine Grove Pioneer Red Corral River Pines Volcano
Other unincorporated communities	Clinton New Chicago Pine Acres Sutter Hill
Ghost towns	Butte City Camp O'pera Carbondale Enterprise Forest Home Fort Ann Fort John Irishtown Lancha Plana Lower Rancheria May Middle Bar Pokerville Yeomet
Footnotes	‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Forest Home
Former settlement
Forest Home Location in California
Coordinates: 38°27′54″N 120°57′51″W / 38.46500°N 120.96417°W / 38.46500; -120.96417
Country	United States
State	California
County	Amador County
Elevation ^[1]	581 ft (177 m)