Lynchburg, California

Lynchburg is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States.

[1] Lynchburg was founded in 1848 by and named for George H. Lynch, a local storeowner.

[1][2] Wooden buildings were erected in the area and the population grew.

[3] Lynchburg emerged as a competitor of Ophir City, and by 1855 had outgrown its rival settlement.

[3] Once a lively place, Lynchburg began to wither by the mid-1850s.