Malakoff, California
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Malakoff | |
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Former settlement | |
  Malakoff Location in California | |
| Coordinates: 39°22′01″N 120°55′11″W / 39.36694°N 120.91972°WCoordinates: 39°22′01″N 120°55′11″W / 39.36694°N 120.91972°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Nevada County |
| Elevation | 3,051 ft (930 m) |
Malakoff (also, Malakoff Diggings)[2] is a former settlement in Nevada County, California.[1] It lay at an elevation of 3051 feet (930 m).[1] Malakoff is located 1.25 miles (2.0 km) west of North Bloomfield.[2]
Malakoff was a mining town, named for Malakoff tower, near Sebastopol, a name in the news during the Crimean War.[2]
See also
- Malakoff Diggings State Historic Park
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Malakoff, California
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 518-519. ISBN 1-884995-14-4. Search this book on
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