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Dobbins (formerly, Dobbin, Dobbins Ranche, Dobbins Ranch, and Dobbin's Ranche) is a census-designated place in Yuba County, California. == Geography == It lies 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Marysville, at an elevation of 1,742 feet (531 m), in the foothills of the western Sierra Nevada Mountain Range off of California Highway 20 and Marysville Road. Dobbins is north of Oregon House and south of Bullards Bar Dam. Dobbins has one post office, one general store, three churches, a Grange Hall, one grade school, one charter school, and Lake Francis Resort. The average snowfall is 3.5 inches (89 mm), higher than most of California. February has the highest average snowfall with 1.5 inches (38 mm), followed by January and March with 1 inch (25 mm) average snowfall each. Most students attend high school in Marysville, or in the Sierra County school district. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 7.8 square miles (20.3 km2), 99.08% of it land and 0.92% of it water. == History == The town was settled in 1849, and named for William M. and Mark D. Dobbins, early settlers. Dobbins was not a mining town originally, but a farm area.