Union Flat, El Dorado County, California

Union Flat is a former settlement and mining camp in El Dorado County, California.[1] It was located 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of Spanish Flat.[1]

Union Flat was founded in 1852, and named after Union County, Ohio from which many of the early miners came.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 559. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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