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French Corral is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, 5 miles (8.0 km) off State Route 49 via Pleasant Valley Road, and 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Nevada City.It was one of the first of several historic California gold rush mining camps along the San Juan Ridge. The name was literal as the town grew around a mule corral built by the first settler in the area, a Frenchman, in 1849. It had a post office during the period of 1859 through 1945.Few original structures remain besides an old Wells Fargo Bank building.