Place:Knights Ferry, Stanislaus, California, United States

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NameKnights Ferry
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates37.817°N 120.667°W
Located inStanislaus, California, United States
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Knights Ferry is an unincorporated historic community in Stanislaus County, California, United States. Nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, it is about east of Modesto on the Stanislaus River. The Williams Ranch near the town, was one of many filming locations for the television series Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie.

Knights Ferry is home to the Knights Ferry Bridge, the longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River at in length. It is also home to a K-8 elementary school and a museum about the history of the town and also about local wildlife. The town's ruins include a mill and a jail.

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