Irishtown
Ghost town · Amador County, California

Irishtown is a ghost town in Amador County, California. It is one of 10 former communities in Amador County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 36th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Irishtown as a historical populated place on the Pine Grove topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.3888° N, 120.6747° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Pine Grove |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,995 ft |
| Nearest living town | Pine Grove, CA |
| Distance to it | 1.4 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1733395 |
| Coordinates | 38.38880, -120.67465 |
What's there now
Irishtown is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Pine Grove, CA (population 3,310), about 1.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,995 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Milligan Districtghost town · Amador County · 3.2 mi
- Middle Barghost town · Calaveras County · 7.5 mi
- Lower Rancheriaghost town · Amador County · 8.5 mi
- Pokervilleghost town · Amador County · 11.8 mi
- Dew Dropghost town · Amador County · 13.4 mi
- Chinatownghost town · Amador County · 14 mi
- Forest Homeghost town · Amador County · 16.5 mi
- Lancha Planaghost town · Amador County · 16.8 mi
- Norvalghost town · Calaveras County · 16.8 mi
- Mayghost town · Amador County · 18.2 mi
- Camancheghost town · Calaveras County · 18.6 mi
- Logtownghost town · El Dorado County · 19.5 mi
Questions
Where is Irishtown?
Irishtown is in Amador County, California, at 38.3888, -120.6747.
How many ghost towns are in Amador County?
Amador County, California has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.