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Mount Hope House

Ghost town · Yuba County, California

Clipper Mills quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:24,000)
Clipper Mills quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mount Hope House is a ghost town in Yuba County, California. It is one of 18 former communities in Yuba County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mount Hope House as a historical populated place on the Clipper Mills 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 39.5168° N, 121.2177° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleClipper Mills
Elevation2,967 ft
Nearest living townForbestown, CA
Distance to it2.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1723910
Coordinates39.51683, -121.21774

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What's there now

Mount Hope House is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Forbestown, CA (population 327), about 2.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,967 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Mount Hope House?

Mount Hope House is in Yuba County, California, at 39.5168, -121.2177.

How many ghost towns are in Yuba County?

Yuba County, California has 18 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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