Mormon Island
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.703, -121.117
Why it was abandoned
🌊 Flooded
Detected automatically from the text: Its site is now submerged under Folsom Lake in present-day Sacramento County, California, United States.
History
Mormon Island was a mining town mainly populated by Mormon immigrants seeking gold in the American River during the California Gold Rush. Its site is now submerged under Folsom Lake in present-day Sacramento County, California, United States.