Copperopolis

Historical marker location:

375 Main Street, Copperopolis, California

( Marker is on Main Street, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1949

State Registered Landmark No.296.

The first female mayor in the U.S. was elected in California in 1887. Susanna M. Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas, but she was born in California and later moved to Kansas with her husband.