Brandy City, California

Brandy City, formerly known as Strychnine City, is an unincorporated community in Sierra County, California, United States, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Goodyears Bar.^[2]

Brandy City, California
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°32′16″N 121°01′31″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Sierra
Elevation	3,707 ft (1,130 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code	530
GNIS feature ID	1658126[1]

The settlement is on Cherokee Creek, a tributary of the North Fork of the Yuba River. Gold was discovered there in 1850 and mined in the 19th century and again in the 1920s. There was a school, and until 1926 a post office.^[3]

See also

• California Gold Rush
• List of ghost towns in California