Black Hawk (Sierra County, CA) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Black Hawk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Hawk and the surrounding area.

Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Sierra County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sierra County

Communities Also Named Black Hawk ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Black Hawk.

Within California, the name Black Hawk is unique.

Beyond California, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Gilpin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Black Hawk [Gilpin County].
- Iowa
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Black Hawk [Scott County].
- Kansas
  - Osborne County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Black Hawk [Osborne County].
- Kentucky
  - Caldwell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Black Hawk [Caldwell County].
- Louisiana
  - Concordia Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Black Hawk [Concordia Parish].
- Mississippi
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Black Hawk [Carroll County].
- Missouri
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Black Hawk [Clark County].
- Montana
  - Meagher County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Black Hawk [Meagher County].
- New Mexico
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Black Hawk [Grant County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Black Hawk.
- South Dakota
  - Meade County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Black Hawk [Meade County].
- Wisconsin
  - Sauk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Black Hawk [Sauk County].

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Sierra County: www.sierracounty.ws/

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

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Black Hawk could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.