Priest, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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Priest, also known as Priest Station or Priest's Station, is an unincorporated locality {{Convert|1|mi|km}} southwest of Big Oak Flat in Tuolumne County, California.{{cite web|title=Priest Populated Place Profile|url=http://california.hometownlocator.com/ca/tuolumne/priest.cfm|date=|accessdate=5 June 2013|publisher=Home Town Locator}}{{cite web|title=Priest, United States|url=http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/usaname.php?uni=252770&fid=usageo_215|publisher=ITA|date=|accessdate=5 June 2013}}{{cite gnis |id= 252770 | name=Priest}} It is the eastern terminus of the New Priest Grade and the Old Priest Grade.

The site was established as a stagecoach stop and hotel in 1849; the hotel did good business until it was destroyed in a wildfire in 1926. A motel was later built on the site, replaced by a store and cafe in 2007.{{cite news |last=Holland |first=John |date=9 Nov 2009 |title=Family business (again): Priest Station Cafe & Store opens at site of 1850s hotel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/667627150/?terms=%22priest+station%22&match=1 |work=The Modesto Bee |location=Modesto, CA |access-date=9 Dec 2023}}