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Coordinates: 39°23′19″N 121°24′19″W / 39.38861°N 121.40528°W / 39.38861; -121.40528

Bangor
— Unincorporated community —
Bangor Location in California
Coordinates: 39°23′19″N 121°24′19″W / 39.38861°N 121.40528°W / 39.38861; -121.40528
Country	United States
State	California
County	Butte County
Elevation ^[1]	761 ft (232 m)

Bangor is an unincorporated community inside Butte County, California, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the Yuba County line. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) feature ID is 218644 and the elevation is given as 761 feet (232 m) above mean sea level (AMSL). The community is in a shallow valley with surrounding hills in the 800-950 foot range.

Bangor was founded as a mining boom-town in 1855 and named by the Lumbert Brothers, early settlers and storekeepers, for their home-town of Bangor, Maine.^[2] The first post office was established in 1857.^[2]

Latitude and longitude for the community are given as 39°23′19″N 121°24′19″W / 39.38861°N 121.40528°W / 39.38861; -121.40528 and the community is located at a cross roads. Oroville-Bangor Highway becomes Los Verjeles Road south of town, these roads running roughly north-south. LaPorte Road runs somewhat east-west through the community. There are two restaurants listed in the telephone directory. Bangor is in area code 530 and has a ZIP Code of 95914. Driving east on LaPorte Road into the mountains eventually leads to Camp Eighteen.

[edit] References

^ USGS GNIS: Bangor, California
^ ^a ^b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 188. ISBN 9781884995149.

USGS GNIS: Bangor, California

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v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Butte County, California

County seat: Oroville

Cities and towns	Biggs \| Chico \| Gridley \| Oroville \| Paradise

CDPs	Concow \| Durham \| Magalia \| Oroville East \| Palermo \| South Oroville \| Thermalito

Unincorporated communities	Anita \| Bangor \| Barber \| Berry Creek \| Big Bar \| Big Bend \| Blavo \| Brush Creek \| Butte Meadows \| Camp Eighteen \| Cana \| Centerville \| Chapmantown \| Cherokee \| Clipper Mills \| Cohasset \| Craig \| Cresta \| Dayton \| Deadwood \| DeSabla \| Dodge Place \| Dodgeland \| East Biggs \| East Gridley \| Elsey \| Esquon \| Fagan \| Feather Falls \| Forbestown \| Forest Ranch \| Helltown \| Honcut \| Hughes Place \| Hurleton \| Inskip \| Irish Town \| James \| Jonesville \| Junction House \| Kister \| Kramm \| Lomo \| Lovelock \| Lumpkin \| Mayaro \| Merrills Landing \| Merrimac \| Mineral Slide \| Nelson \| Nelsons Crossing \| Nimshew \| Nord \| Oak Grove \| Old Forbestown \| Oregon City \| Oroleve \| Oroville Junction \| Paradise Pines \| Parkhill \| Peachton \| Pentz \| Poe \| Powellton \| Pulga \| Ramada \| Rancho Llano Seco \| Riceton \| Richardson Springs \| Richvale \| Robinson Mills \| Robinsons Corner \| Roble \| Rogerville \| Shippee \| Stirling City \| Stirling Junction \| Sunnyslope \| The Pines \| Toadtown \| Vista Robles \| Wicks Corner \| Wyandotte \| Yankee Hill

Ghost towns and former settlements	Appleton \| Avon \| Bagdad \| Bauka \| Bayu \| Berdan \| Bidwell \| Bidwell's Bar \| Big Ripples \| Blinzing \| Bloomer \| Brush \| Butte Creek \| Butte Valley \| Center Ville \| Chandon \| Channel \| Chardon \| Clear Creek \| Colbys Landing \| Coutolenc \| Craig \| Crouch \| David \| Dawlytown \| Diamondville \| Dredge \| Enterprise \| Eskini \| Evans \| Evansville \| Flea Valley \| Gimbal \| Gold Lake \| Greenland \| Gridley Colony Number One \| Gridley Colony Number Two \| Hamilton \| Haselbusch \| Hawk Ravine \| Hokomo \| Holhoto \| Honcut City \| Hume \| Hylandville \| Intake \| Isaiah \| Johnson \| Kalkalya \| Kulaiapto \| Land \| Las Plumas \| Lava Beds \| Long's Bar \| Lorraine \| Losee \| Luce \| Lynchburg \| Martinsburgh \| McKay Meadow \| Michopdo \| Mill City \| Millers Ranch \| Mortimer \| Moseley \| Mulberry \| Neals Diggins \| Nelson Bar \| New Blinzing \| Oak Arbor \| Ololopa \| Omit Bar \| Optimo \| Oregon Bar \| Orloff \| Ostrander \| Otaki \| Pacific Heights \| Paki \| Paradise Flat \| Phillips Corner \| Pipers \| Platts \| Pond \| Potter's Bar \| Powellton Meadow \| Quartz \| Richland \| Rio Seco \| Rock Creek \| Savona \| Soto \| South Fork \| Speedway \| Stanwood \| Summit \| Sundale \| Sunusi \| Swayne \| Swedes Flat \| Sycamore Crossing \| Tadoiko \| Taikus \| Tarr's Ranch \| Tilden \| Tolle's Old Diggings \| Totoma \| Tsuka \| Virginia Mills \| Wagners \| Wagstaff \| Ward \| West Branch \| Whiskey Flat (east) \| Whiskey Flat (west) \| Yankee Flat \| Yauko \| Yuman

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