Belfast, California

Coordinates: 40°26′37″N 120°27′06″W / 40.44361°N 120.45167°W

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Belfast
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°26′37″N 120°27′06″W / 40.44361°N 120.45167°W / 40.44361; -120.45167
Country	United States
State	California
County	Lassen County
Elevation ^[1]	4,134 ft (1,260 m)

Belfast is an unincorporated area of Lassen County, California.^[1] It is located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northwest of Litchfield,^[2] at an elevation of 4134 feet (1260 m).^[1]

The town was founded by Capt. Charles A. Merrill in 1880.^[2] The name reflects Capt. Merrill's hometown of Belfast, Maine, which itself was named after the city of the same name in Northern Ireland.^[2] It was expected that a railroad would be built through the Belfast townsite,^[3] but this never happened. Merrill did, however, successfully build an irrigation flume to aid in farming; in 1922, the Belfast area was subdivided into forty-acre plots in the hopes of reestablishing a farming community.^[4] A few farms can be found in the area today.

The Willow Creek Canyon in the Belfast area is an important archaological site, with rock structures and petroglyphs suggesting it was a major hunting ground to native peoples. The Belfast Site rock features are believed to be around 3000 years old.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Belfast, California
^ ^a ^b ^c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 355. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
^ Reproduction of Fariss and Smith's History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, California, 1882. Howell-North Books. 1971. p. 399. ISBN 9780831070830.
^ "Will place good land on market". The Lassen Weekly Mail. Susanville, CA. March 31, 1922. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
^ "Belfast Site: 3000 year old window". Lassen County Times. Susanville, CA. February 12, 1991. Retrieved January 1, 2024.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lassen County, California, United States
County seat: Susanville
City	Susanville	Lassen County map
CDPs	Bieber Clear Creek Doyle Herlong Janesville Johnstonville Litchfield Little Valley Madeline Milford Nubieber Patton Village Spaulding Stones Landing Westwood
Unincorporated communities	Belfast Big Valley Buntingville Calneva Coppervale Halls Flat Hayden Hill Herlong Junction Lasco Omira Pine Town Ravendale Stacy Standish Wendel
Indian reservation	Susanville Indian Rancheria
Ghost towns	Chats Edgemont Goumaz Leavitt Rayl Soldier's Bridge Termo
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