La Placita

Ghost town · Riverside County, California

San Bernardino quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1896, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

La Placita is a ghost town in Riverside County, California. It is one of 13 former communities in Riverside County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 27th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists La Placita as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 34.0192° N, 117.3500° W.

Key facts

Elevation	855 ft
Nearest living town	Grand Terrace, CA
Distance to it	2.3 miles
Coordinates	34.01920, -117.35000

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What's there now

La Placita is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Grand Terrace, CA (population 13,069), about 2.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 855 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Politana
ghost town · San Bernardino County · 5 mi
Mound City
ghost town · San Bernardino County · 5.5 mi
Ailsa
ghost town · San Bernardino County · 5.9 mi
San Sevaine
ghost town · San Bernardino County · 7.3 mi
Etiwa
ghost town · San Bernardino County · 10.5 mi
Grapeland
ghost town · San Bernardino County · 11.4 mi
Browns
ghost town · San Bernardino County · 13.1 mi
Collins
ghost town · San Bernardino County · 13.5 mi
Greenspot
ghost town · San Bernardino County · 14.5 mi
Las Uvas
ghost town · San Bernardino County · 14.7 mi
Cedar Springs
ghost town · San Bernardino County · 18.3 mi
Pinacate
ghost town · Riverside County · 19.1 mi

Questions

Where is La Placita?

La Placita is in Riverside County, California, at 34.0192, -117.3500.

How many ghost towns are in Riverside County?

Riverside County, California has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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