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Welcome to Briggsville ...

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

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


Briggsville would have been located within present day Shasta County<2>.


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


Briggsville was established in 1849.

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

Briggsville would have been located in the (530) area code.

In the past, Briggsville was named Moorestown.Going back to its beginning, Briggsville was originally named Breechesburg. For more information about the names of Briggsville, see The Names of Briggsville on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Briggsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Briggsville - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Briggsville ...

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

  • Redding
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Anderson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
    • Anderson is located in Shasta County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,565 people
    • Former name for Anderson:
    • American Ranch
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <4>
  • Shasta Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Lake
    • Shasta Lake is located in Shasta County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,379 people
    • Former names for Shasta Lake:
    • Boomtown
    • Central Valley
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shasta Lake <4>
  • Happy Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
    • Happy Valley is located in Shasta County
    • Former name for Happy Valley:
    • Oak
  • Redding Rancheria
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding Rancheria
    • Redding Rancheria is located in Shasta County
  • Bell's Bridge ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bell's Bridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell's Bridge
    • Bell's Bridge is located in Shasta County
  • Canon City ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Canon City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon City
    • Canon City is located in Shasta County
  • Girvan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Girvan have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girvan
    • Girvan is located in Shasta County
  • Olinda
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
    • Olinda is located in Shasta County
  • Gas Point ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Point
    • Gas Point is located in Shasta County

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 Briggsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Briggsville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Briggsville. 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 Briggsville.

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

The official website for Shasta County: www.co.shasta.ca.us/

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 Briggsville, 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 Shasta, 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.









 

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