Knights Ferry, California

Knights Ferry
California's oldest operating general store is located in Knights Ferry.
Knights Ferry, California is located in California
Knights Ferry, California
Knights Ferry, California is located in the United States
Knights Ferry, California
Nearest cityOakdale, California
Coordinates37°49′11″N 120°39′52″W / 37.81972°N 120.66444°W / 37.81972; -120.66444
Area107 acres (43 ha)
Built1849
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival, Gothic Revival, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.75000490[1]
CHISL No.347[2]
Added to NRHPApril 23, 1975

Knights Ferry is an unincorporated historic community and census-designated place (CDP) in Stanislaus County, California, United States. Nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, it is about 30 miles (48 km) east of Modesto on the Stanislaus River. The Williams Ranch near the town was one of many filming locations for the television series Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie.[3]

Knights Ferry is home to the Knights Ferry Bridge, the longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River at 330 feet (100 m) in length.[4] It is also home to a K-8 elementary school and a museum about the history of the town and also about local wildlife. The town's ruins include a mill and a jail.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Knights Ferry". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "Bonanza: Scenery of the Ponderosa - Williams Ranch"
  4. ^ "Padding and Poking around gold rush Knights Ferry". Sunset. May 1, 1987. Retrieved January 17, 2008.

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