Plainsburg, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Plainsburg

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Plainsburg

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Plainsburg

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Coordinates: 37°13′59″N 120°19′28″W﻿ / ﻿37.23306°N 120.32444°W﻿ / 37.23306; -120.32444
Country| United States
State| California
County| Merced County
Elevation

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| 220 ft (67 m)

Plainsburg (formerly, Plainsberg and Welch's Store) is an unincorporated community in Merced County, California.[1] It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Le Grand,[2] at an elevation of 220 feet (67 m).[1]

Plainsburg was said to be a thriving farming center in the nineteenth century. It had several businesses and was legally incorporated for a time. The town declined when it was bypassed by the Southern Pacific Railroad to the west and later the Santa Fe Railroad to the east. A grocery store remained as of 1992; the cemetery and elementary school are still present today.[3]

A post office operated at Plainsburg from 1869 to 1907.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plainsburg, California
2. ^ 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. 816\. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
3. ^ Rasmussen, Dick (May 25, 1992). "Grocery's area nerve center". Merced Sun-Star. Merced, CA. Retrieved December 3, 2023.

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