This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QY.2ADE/1071.1 Message Board Post: Kent, There was before and for the 1850 census. Yuba was an original county very large in size. In April 1851 Nevada and Placer Counties were formed from Yuba. In April 1852 Sierra County was also formed from Yuba. Most of the townships were renamed when the new counties were formed. You would have to look at an 1850 census map to see were Bowling green was and where the area ended up after the divisions. Did your ancestor stayed in California to the 1860 census and after? There were only 126 people in Bowling Green Twsp in the 1850 census. Denise Simmons