Red Mountain, California

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Red Mountain, California
An abandoned church in Red Mountain
An abandoned church in Red Mountain
Red Mountain, California is located in California
Red Mountain, California
Red Mountain, California
Red Mountain, California is located in the United States
Red Mountain, California
Red Mountain, California
Coordinates: 35°21′30″N 117°37′00″W / 35.35833°N 117.61667°W / 35.35833; -117.61667
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySan Bernardino
Elevation
3,401 ft (1,037 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total131
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
93558
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. ^ a b c "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.