Michigan Bar, California
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LocationSacramento County
| Michigan Bar | |
|---|---|
 Heath's Store, Michigan Bar. April 1940. | |
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| Location | Sacramento County |
| Coordinates | 38°30′00″N 121°02′43″W / 38.4999°N 121.0453°W |
| Designated | August 30, 1950 |
| Reference no. | 468 |
Michigan Bar was a former mining camp near a sandbar in the Cosumnes River in Sacramento County, California which was founded by two gold miners from Michigan.[1] The town site expanded out of the mining camp and by the 1850s contained a population of around 1500. By 1899, it had its own post office.[2][3] Later hydraulic mining destroyed the original settlement, when the name came to designate a mining district.[4]
California Historical Landmark #468 marks part of the town as well as the mining district.[5]
