Drakesbad is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Plumas County

Plumas County, California

Plumas County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The county gets its name from the Spanish words for the Feather River , which flows through the county. As of the 2010 census, the population 20,007, down from 20,824 at the 2000 census...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. It lies at an elevation of 5705 feet (1739 m). Drakesbad is located on Hot Springs Creek, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of Mount Harkness. Drakesbad is perhaps most known for the Drakesbad Guest Ranch

Drakesbad Guest Ranch

Drakesbad Guest Ranch, also known simply as Drakesbad, is a resort near Chester, California. It is located on Hot Springs Creek at the head of Warner Valley, in Lassen Volcanic National Park.-History:...

 located there.

History

The place was first called Hot Springs Valley, then Drake's Place and Drake's Hot Springs. The name honors E.R. Drake who settled at the place in 1860s. The name Drakesbad was bestowed when ownership transferred to the Sifford family who substituted -bad (German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

for "bath" or "spa") for the English.

The Drake post office operated from 1901 to 1902.