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Unincorporated community in California, United States

Unincorporated community in California, United States
Red Mountain, California
Unincorporated community
An abandoned church in Red MountainAn abandoned church in Red Mountain
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Coordinates: 35°21′30″N 117°37′00″W / 35.35833°N 117.61667°W / 35.35833; -117.61667
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySan Bernardino
Elevation3,401 ft (1,037 m)
Population
 • Total131
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code93558
Area codes442/760
GNIS feature ID1661291

Red Mountain, formerly known as Osdick, is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

Red Mountain was established in 1919 as Osdick, a silver mine boom town Red Mountain is 32 miles (51 km) south-southwest of Trona, part of the mining district of Randsburg, California and Johannesburg, California.

Red Mountain has a post office with ZIP code 93558. The post office opened under the name Osdick in 1922 and changed its name to Red Mountain in 1929.

In 2022, the community received a $1.5 million grant to clean sediment of arsenic from historic gold and silver mining from the kelly mine complex.

References

  1. ^ "Red Mountain Mining Town".
  2. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. "29_North_Desert_CAG_2020.pdf" (PDF). San Bernardino County.
  4. "Free ZIP Code Lookup with area code, county, geocode, MSA/PMSA, population".
  5. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 1460. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  6. "Historic mining town plagued by arsenic gets federal funds for cleanup effort". San Bernardino Sun. November 27, 2022. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
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