Helena, California
Helena is a ghost town in Trinity County, California, United States. Helena is located on the North Fork of the Trinity River, west-northwest of Weaverville. The community was settled in 1851 as a mining camp. It was known as Bagdad, North Fork, and The Cove before its post office opened in 1891; the post office was named Helena after the postmaster's wife. The post office was later moved to North Fork. Today the town is abandoned and owned by the trustee of a deceased businessman from San Jose. The Currie Cottage, the Meckel Store, the Shlomer Brick Building, The Shlomer Feed Stable, the Meckel Barn, and a rental building built in the 1930s remain, in addition to the Helena Cemetery across the river.
