Prairie City, California facts for kids
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Prairie City
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Former settlement
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Sacramento County |
| Reference #: | 464 |
Prairie City was a gold-mining community that once sat on the American River in the Sierra Nevada foothills, near present-day Folsom in Sacramento County, California.
The mining village was first announced in June 1853 in the Sacramento Daily Union. A July article mentions that the city has about 1500 inhabitants. What was left of the town is believed to be covered in river rocks, from gold dredging of the American River in the early 1900s.
Present day
The general site of Prairie City is a California Historical Landmark (#464).
The Folsom subdivision Prairie Oaks was named for it, because it is believed that the city once stood in this general area.
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