Electra, California

Electra
Electra
Former settlement
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	Coordinates: 38°19′56″N 120°40′17″W / 38.33222°N 120.67139°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Amador County
Elevation	755 ft (230 m)

Coordinates: 38°19′56″N 120°40′17″W / 38.33222°N 120.67139°W / 38.33222; -120.67139

Electra (formerly, Whites Bar)^[2] is a former settlement in Amador County, California. It lay on the north bank of the Mokelumne River,^[2] at an elevation of 755 feet (230 m). Its name came from a nearby electric generating facility.^[2]

A post office operated at Electra from 1900 to 1923.^[2]

References[]

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Electra, California
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 481. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Electra, California

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Electra, California

[CGN-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. 481. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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v t Municipalities and communities of Amador County, California, United States
County seat: Jackson
Cities	Amador City Ione Jackson Plymouth Sutter Creek
CDPs	Amador Pines Buckhorn Buena Vista Camanche North Shore Camanche Village Drytown Fiddletown Kirkwood‡ Lockwood Martell Pine Grove Pioneer Red Corral River Pines Volcano
Other unincorporated communities	Barton Bonnefoy Carbondale Clinton Electra Enterprise New Chicago Pine Acres Ranch House Estates Scottsville Sunnybrook Sutter Hill
Ghost towns	Butte City Camp O'pera Forest Home Fort Ann Fort John Irishtown Lancha Plana Lower Rancheria May Middle Bar Milligan District Pokerville Yeomet
Footnotes	‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Electra
Former settlement
Electra Location in California Electra Electra (the United States) Show map of CaliforniaShow map of the United StatesShow all
Coordinates: 38°19′56″N 120°40′17″W / 38.33222°N 120.67139°W / 38.33222; -120.67139
Country	United States
State	California
County	Amador County
Elevation ^[1]	755 ft (230 m)