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Ophir, California

Ophir
— Unincorporated community —
Ophir Location in California
Coordinates: 38°53′28″N 121°07′25″W / 38.89111°N 121.12361°WCoordinates: 38°53′28″N 121°07′25″W / 38.89111°N 121.12361°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Placer County
Elevation^[1]	682 ft (208 m)

Ophir (also, Spanish Corral^[1] and Ophirville^[2]) is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California.^[1] Ophir is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Auburn.^[2] It lies at an elevation of 682 feet (208 m).^[1]

Ophir, now a suburb of Auburn, it was a boomtown of the California Gold Rush, later a ghost town. In 1852 it was the center of the local gold mining industry, and the most populous town in the county. After the gold rush, the area was planted in vineyards and orchards, and during Prohibition just in orchards. Beginning in the 1970s vineyards again returned to the area. Today, local services for Ophir come from Auburn.

The Ophirville post office was open by 1852 and closed in 1866.^[2] The Ophir post office opened in 1872 and closed in 1910.^[2] The name comes from Biblical Ophir, the source of King Solomon's treasures.^[2]

Originally named The Spanish Corral in 1849,^[3] Ophir received its Biblical name in 1850 because of the rich, gold placer mining in the area, and grew to over 500 families by 1853. Later it became the center of quartz mining in the county. It is remembered at California Historical Landmark #463.

Ophir addresses have the ZIP code of 95603, an Auburn address.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ophir, California
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 533. ISBN 9781884995149.
^ Gudde, Erwin. 1975. California Gold Camps. University of California Press: Berkeley. pp. 252-253.
^ Zip Code Lookup

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County seat: Auburn

Cities and towns	Auburn \| Colfax \| Lincoln \| Loomis \| Rocklin \| Roseville

CDPs	Alta \| Carnelian Bay \| Dollar Point \| Dutch Flat \| Foresthill \| Granite Bay \| Kings Beach \| Kingvale‡ \| Meadow Vista \| Newcastle \| North Auburn \| Penryn \| Sheridan \| Sunnyside-Tahoe City \| Tahoe Vista \| Tahoma‡

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Ghost towns	Ackerman \| Andover \| Arctic \| Baltimore \| Bath \| Blue Bluffs \| Bullion \| Cairns \| Ceres Flat \| Chicago Park \| Coon Creek \| Deadwood \| Drum \| East Auburn \| Flat Ravine \| Florence Spring \| Fort Trojan \| Frytown \| Fulda \| Gilsons Station \| Goggins \| Gold Run \| Indiana Hill \| Knapp \| Kulkumish \| Leta \| Little Rattlesnake Bar \| Lone Star \| Lost Camp \| Mayflower \| Millertown \| Mineral Bar \| Molma \| Moss Hills \| Oilville \| Pine Grove \| Pitsokut \| Ralston \| Red Point \| Secret Canyon \| Secret Ravine \| Smiths \| Spruce \| Stanford \| Stewarts Flat \| Stonehill \| Tamarack \| Union Shed \| Vantrent \| Webster \| Yorkville

Footnotes	‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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