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Black Bear is a populated place, originally a gold mining town in Klamath County, now in unincorporated Siskiyou County, California.

It is located on Black Bear Creek, a tributary of the South Fork Salmon River.

History

Black Bear, now in Siskiyou County was a gold mining camp, in the now defunct Klamath County, that had a post office from 1869. From 1874 it was within that part of Klamath County annexed to Siskiyou County. Its post office was closed and moved to Sawyers Bar in 1941.

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