Goodyears Bar, California


Goodyears Bar, known as Slaughter's Bar before 1851, is a census-designated place in Sierra County, California, United States. Goodyears Bar is located along the North Yuba River and California State Route 49 west-southwest of Downieville. Goodyears Bar has a post office with ZIP code 95944. The post office opened in 1851.

History

Goodyears Bar is a historic gold mining camp. Gold was discovered here by the brothers Miles and Andrew Goodyear, along with a Dr. Vaughan and a Mr. Morrison in 1849. It was given the name Goodyears Bar in honor of its founders. The Goodyear boys built a cabin there. Miners prospected gold on the Goodyears Creek. A post office was established on October 7, 1851 with Mr. Woodruff as the first Postmaster. The first school was begun in 1856 with Mrs. Massey as the first teacher.
Folk singer Kate Wolf is buried in Goodyears Bar.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 2.1 square miles, 99.19% of it land and 0.81% of it water.

Climate

This region experiences warm and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Goodyears Bar has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

Demographics

Goodyears Bar first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.
The 2020 United States census reported that Goodyears Bar had a population of 69. The population density was. The racial makeup of Goodyears Bar was 63 White, 0 African American, 2 Native American, 0 Asian, 0 Pacific Islander, 1 from other races, and 3 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7 persons.
The whole population lived in households. There were 31 households, of which 16 were families and 12 were one person living alone. The median age was 52.4years. There were 47 males and 22 females.
There were 42 housing units at an average density of, of which 31 were occupied, 4 by homeowners and 27 by renters.

Politics

In the state legislature, Goodyears Bar is in, and.
Federally, Goodyears Bar is in.