Virginiatown (formerly, Virginia)[2] is a former settlement in Placer County, California.

[3] The town was the site of one of California's first railroads, built in 1852 to carry gold ore from the mines to Auburn Ravine.

[4] After the first wave of gold mining ended, wood-cutting became an important local industry, to support railroad construction and to fuel the kiln at the pottery mill in nearby Lincoln.

A large number of Chinese miners moved into the area around this time and reworked the diggings;[5] the white residents voted to expel the Chinese from town in 1860, claiming a "fire hazard", and the Chinese resettled just west of town.

[8] The site of Virginiatown is now occupied by rural homes and small farms.