North Fork, California

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North Fork (formerly Brown's and Northfork; Mono wa?ahhpY', "cedar grove") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Madera County, California, United States. Located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, it had a population of 3,250 at the 2020 United States census. North Fork lies within the traditional homeland of the North Fork Mono and is the headquarters of the Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California. Euro-American settlement developed in the 1860s around a stopping place known as Brown's Place. The settlement became known as North Fork following the establishment of the North Fork Lumber Company and the opening of the North Fork post office in the late 1880s. In 1902, North Fork became the administrative headquarters of the Sierra Forest Reserve, predecessor of the Sierra National Forest. Logging and lumber manufacturing became central to the local economy during the 20th century; North Fork's last lumber mill closed in 1994. The community lies...

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