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Calaveritas is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California. It sits on the banks of the Calaveritas Creek at an elevation of 1,109 feet above sea level and is located at 38°09′29″N120°36′36″W. The community is in ZIP code 95249 and area code 209.
Campo Seco is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California. It sits at an elevation of 564 feet above sea level and is located at 38°13′38″N120°51′12″W. The community is in ZIP code 95226 and area code 209.
Douglas Flat is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California. It lies at an elevation of 1965 feet and is located at 38°06′52″N120°27′18″W. The community is in ZIP code 95229 and area code 209.
Carson Hill is a ghost town in Calaveras County, California. It sits at an elevation of 1447 feet above sea level and is located at 38°01′42″N120°30′24″W, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southeast of Angels Camp. It was one of the most productive mining camps in the state, with nearly $26 million in gold and quartz found in the area. Carson Hill is registered as California Historical Landmark #274. The town was served by the Sierra Railway's branchline to Angels Camp until 1935.
Altaville is a former unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, now located in the northwest portion of the city of Angels Camp. It sits at an elevation of 1,542 feet above sea level and is located at 38°05′02″N120°33′43″W, at the intersections of SR 49 and SR 4. The community is in ZIP code 95221 and area code 209.
Melones is a former settlement in Calaveras County, California, now submerged beneath a reservoir named New Melones Lake. It lay at an elevation of 955 feet. Melones was founded on the site of a ferry operated from 1848 by John W. Robinson and Stephen Mead. The town initially took its name from the ferry.
El Dorado is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Placerville, at an elevation of 1608 feet. The population was 4,096 at the 2000 census. The town is registered as California Historical Landmark #486. The ZIP code is 95623. The community is inside area code 530.
Sciots Camp is a small unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located on the South Fork of the American River 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Pyramid Peak, at an elevation of 5659 feet. The ZIP code is 95610. The community is inside area code 530. Sciots Camp is a USFS Recreation Residences community.
Lower Rancheria is a former gold-mining camp in Amador County, California. It was located on Rancheria Creek 2 miles (3.2 km) east-southeast of Drytown, at an elevation of 1017 feet. Placer mining began at Lower Rancheria in 1848.
Felix is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, in Salt Spring Valley 9.5 miles (15.3 km) west-southwest of Angels Camp. It lies at an elevation of 1115 feet. A post office operated here from 1896 to 1923.
Blue Mountain City is a former settlement in Calaveras County, California, along Licking Fork, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Mountain Ranch. The town was built on a flat bench of land above the mining camp which perched on a steep canyon slope on the west side of Licking Fork, just over a mile downstream from the headwaters. The town was first announced in January, 1863. The Heckendorn Gold and Silver Mining Company was organized by July, with C. C. Bowman as its secretary. A post office operated in Blue Mountain from 1863 to 1864.
Yeomet is a former settlement and mining town in Amador County, California. It was at the confluence of Middle and North Forks of the Cosumnes River, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Enterprise. The name, reportedly Native American in origin meaning "rocky falls", reflects the rapids upstream from the place. Other accounts place the namesake waterfalls downstream and claim yomet to mean "sounding rock" for the echoing effects there.
Fort Ann is a former gold mining camp in Amador County, California. It was located on the South Fork of Dry Creek, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Volcano. Although local tradition has it that Fort Ann began as a military outpost, it began as a mining camp.
Fort John is a former settlement and mining location in Amador County, California, briefly populated in the 1850s. It was located on the South Fork of Dry Creek, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Volcano. Fort John was named for John Stuart.
Camp Richardson is an unincorporated resort community at Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California. It lies at an elevation of 6250 feet in the Sierra Nevada. A vacation community, Camp Richardson has a marina, cabins, hotel rooms, and a bar and grill. The camp was established by Captain Alonzo Richardson in 1921.
Frenchtown is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located on French Creek 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southeast of Shingle Springs, at an elevation of 1165 feet.
Omo Ranch is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located 12.5 miles (20 km) south-southeast of Camino, at an elevation of 3612 feet.
Outingdale is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located on the Middle Fork of the Cosumnes River 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Aukum, at an elevation of 1624 feet.
Pino Grande is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located 8 miles (13 km) north-northwest of Pollock Pines, at an elevation of 4022 feet.
Poverty Bar is a former settlement in Calaveras County, California, active from c. 1850s to 1862, and now covered by the waters of Camanche Reservoir. The nearest major town is Campo Seco, California.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Miller, Donald C. (1978). Ghost Towns of California. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company. p. 29. ISBN 0871085178.
- ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 511. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
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