Bret Harte, CA

Bret Harte is a census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, forming part of the Modesto metropolitan area. The community is named in honor of Bret Harte, the famous nineteenth-century American poet and short story writer renowned for his vivid accounts of the California Gold Rush. Covering roughly three square kilometers of entirely land area, it provides a residential suburban residential neighborhood for residents working in nearby Modesto and the surrounding Central Valley.