Plainsburg (formerly, Plainsberg and Welch's Store) is an unincorporated community in Merced County, California.

[1] It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Le Grand,[2] at an elevation of 220 feet (67 m).

[1] Plainsburg was said to be a thriving farming center in the nineteenth century.

A grocery store remained as of 1992; the cemetery and elementary school are still present today.

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