Forbestown, California

Forbestown
census-designated place
Shakespeare Mining & Milling Co, headframe and miners, ca. 1860
Location of Forbestown in Butte County, California.
Forbestown Location in California
Coordinates: 39°31′02″N 121°16′02″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Butte County
Area [1]
• Total	6.280 sq mi (16.265 km^2)
• Land	6.274 sq mi (16.250 km^2)
• Water	0.006 sq mi (0.015 km^2)  0.09%
Elevation [2]	2,772 ft (845 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	396
• Density	63/sq mi (24/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature IDs	1656023; 2612480
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forbestown, California, U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forbestown, California

Forbestown (formerly Boles Dry Diggins and Forbes Diggins) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Butte County, California.

References

1. "2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files – Places – California". United States Census Bureau.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forbestown, California
3. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 29 June 2023.