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Blanchard
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	California
County	Mariposa County and Tuolumne County
Elevation	1,165 ft (355 m)

Blanchard is an unincorporated community in Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties, California. It is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east-northeast of Don Pedro Camp, at an elevation of 1165 feet (355 m).

A post office operated at Blanchard from 1894 to 1953, moving in 1938. The name honored Rosie M. Blanchard, its first postmaster.

Municipalities and communities of Mariposa County, California, United States

County seat: Mariposa

CDPs	Bear Valley Bootjack Buck Meadows Catheys Valley Coulterville El Portal Fish Camp Greeley Hill Hornitos Lake Don Pedro Mariposa Midpines Wawona Yosemite Valley

Unincorporated communities	Bagby Barrett Ben Hur Blanchard Briceburg Bridgeport Buena Vista Clearing House Curry Village Darrah Dogtown Elliott Corner Foresta Granite Springs Hayward Hites Cove Incline Indian Gulch Jerseydale Mormon Bar Mount Bullion North Wawona Ponderosa Basin South Wawona Yosemite Village Yosemite West

Former settlements	Agua Fria Bondville Chinquapin Drum Eightmile Elevenmile Elkhorn Emory Hokokwito Horseshoe Bend Kocher Kumaini Macheto Minear Mount Ophir Newtown Notomidula Opie Phillip's Flat Quartzburg Ridleys Ferry Sakaya Sloss Wenger Wiskala Yosemite Mill

Municipalities and communities of Tuolumne County, California, United States

County seat: Sonora

City	Sonora

CDPs	Cedar Ridge Chinese Camp Cold Springs Columbia East Sonora Groveland Jamestown Long Barn Mi-Wuk Village Mono Vista Phoenix Lake Pine Mountain Lake Sierra Village Soulsbyville Strawberry Tuolumne City Tuttletown Twain Harte

Unincorporated communities	Aspen Valley Blanchard Buchanan Bumblebee Confidence Dardanelle Deadwood Groveland-Big Oak Flat Jupiter Keystone Mather Moccasin Phoenix Lake-Cedar Ridge Pinecrest Priest Squabbletown Standard

Ghost towns	French Flat Sawmill Flat Second Garrotte

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