George Gephard (c. 1830–1901) was an early settler in Nevada County, California, where he built a toll road, and later was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of that city.
He was said to be responsible for getting together enough money to establish a state normal school in Los Angeles, the forerunner of the University of California branch in that city.
Eventually he built a toll road with one terminus at Rough and Ready and Grass Valley, California, and the other at Smartville and Nevada City.
[1] Gephard was elected on December 6, 1880. to represent the 3rd Ward on the Los Angeles Common Council, for a two-year term, but he resigned on November 12, 1881.
"[1] The school he helped establish was moved in 1929 to Westwood and was eventually transformed into the University of California, Los Angeles.