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Encyclopedia > Merrimac, California

The community named Merrimac is a town site along Oroville-Quincy Road about 2.1 miles south of the Plumas County line. While the location is shown as official in the National Geographic Names Database, it is not known if locals use this name to describe the place today. Nearby is Rogers Cow Camp, a campground in Lassen National Forest. The latitude and longitude for Merrimac are listed as 39°45′58″N, 121°18′23″W and the USGS feature ID for this populated place is 1659117. The US Postal Service does not show a ZIP Code for this community. The location is within area code 530. Plumas County is a county located in Californias Sierra Nevada. ... Lassen National Forest is a national forest located in northern California. ... The 530 area code covers Chico, Redding, Marysville, Red Bluff, Oroville, Placerville, and Truckee, California. ...


The community is located along Oroville-Quincy Road between the towns of Buckeye and Junction House. As the name implies, the road continues to intersect with State Route 70 in Quincy. This road is also called Forest Service Road 119. It is shown on some modern road maps covering the entire state. Merrimac does not appear on the 1958 State of California highway map. JUNCTION POSTMILE SR-99 SUT 0. ... Quincy is a census-designated place and the county seat of Plumas County, California. ...


Sources

  • Soapstone Hill, California, 7.5 minute quadrangle, US Geological Survey, 1994.
  • US Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database.
  • Road Map of California, State of California, Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, 1958.


 

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