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Auburn is a city in and the county seat of Placer County, California, United States. [10] Its population was 13,776 during the 2020 census. Auburn is known for its California Gold Rush history and is registered as a California Historical Landmark. [11] Auburn is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area .
300 ft (91 m) Lake Clementine (also known as North Fork Lake) is a reservoir on the North Fork American River Canyon above the picturesque, California Gold Rush -era town of Auburn (elevation 1,200 feet (370 m)) in Northern California. It was created in 1939 when the North Fork Dam, a 155-foot (47 m) tall constant angle arch dam, was completed ...
Foresthill Bridge. / 38.9224; -121.0387. The Foresthill Bridge, also referred to as the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge or the Auburn Bridge, is a road bridge crossing over the North Fork American River in Placer County and the Sierra Nevada foothills, in eastern California. It is the highest bridge by deck height in California, the fourth highest in ...
The United Auburn Indian Community (UAIC) is a federally recognized Native America tribe consisting mostly of Miwok Indians indigenous to the Sacramento Valley region. Location of the Auburn Rancheria. The historic Auburn Rancheria is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Auburn, in Placer County, California .
200–750 MW. Auburn Dam was a proposed concrete arch dam on the North Fork of the American River east of the town of Auburn, California, in the United States, on the border of Placer and El Dorado Counties. Slated to be completed in the 1970s by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, it would have been the tallest concrete dam in California and one ...
Placer High School. / 38.89522; -121.07208. Placer High School is a public high school located in Auburn, California, United States, and is part of the Placer Union High School District. Auburn is located 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Sacramento, California, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
38°53′29″N 121°04′31″W / . 38.891283°N 121.075366°W. / 38.891283; -121.075366. Type. History museum. Website. Official website. The Gold Country Museum is a history museum located in Auburn, California, United States. It focuses on the history of the California Gold Rush in Placer County .
In 1906 John C. Hawver, an Auburn dentist, discovered large limestone caverns along the lower Middle Fork canyon north of Cool at a height of some 700 feet (210 m) above the river. Some 400 specimens were removed from the site, including fossils of saber-toothed tigers, mastodons, and giant ground sloths, as well as Ice Age-era human remains.