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Welcome to Rich Bar ...

So far, we found very little information about Rich Bar. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Rich Bar to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rich Bar, please Contact Us.


Rich Bar would have been located within present day Plumas County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Rich Bar, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Rich Bar, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1862.

Time Zone: The area where Rich Bar was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Rich Bar still existed, it would have been in the (530) area code.

Communities Also Named Rich Bar ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rich Bar - it's located in British Columbia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rich Bar.

Communities near Rich Bar ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rich Bar.

  • Caribou
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
    • Caribou is located in Plumas County
  • Twain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Silver Creek ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
    • Silver Creek is located in Plumas County
  • Tobin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tobin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
    • Tobin is located in Plumas County
  • Meadow Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Spanish Ranch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
    • Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
  • Bucks Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucks Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
    • Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
  • Longville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
    • Longville is located in Plumas County
  • Seneca ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seneca have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
    • Seneca is located in Plumas County
  • Storrie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rich Bar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rich Bar.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rich Bar. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rich Bar.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rich Bar. See our Newspapers Page for Rich Bar.

Adding Rich Bar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rich Bar in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rich Bar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Rich Bar post office opened in 1862.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rich Bar.

The official website for Plumas County: www.countyofplumas.com/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rich Bar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Plumas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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