Trinity County Courthouse

Historical marker location:

201 Court Street, Weaverville, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Court Street and Main Street (California Route 229) on Court Street.)

Marker installed: 1976

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.