Poverty Bar, California

Poverty Bar[1] is a former settlement in Calaveras County, California, active from c. 1850s to 1862, and now covered by the waters of Camanche Reservoir. The nearest major town is Campo Seco, California.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 817. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  2. ^ Poverty Bar, USGS WALLACE Quad, California, Topographic Map