Groveland has always been an important stop on the highway to Yosemite but really grew in the early 1900s with the development of the Tuolumne River Hetch-Hetchy water project for the city of San Francisco. Groveland is adjacent to the Stanislaus National Forest and is known for the historic Iron Door Saloon.
Groveland was originally a gold rush town and then became a sleepy farming community until the San Francisco Hetch Hetchy water project made it their headquarters and built a railroad yard and hospital for the work crews (both now gone). From 1915 till 1935, Groveland was a boom town supporting seven hotels, 10,000 residents and much activity. When the work crews left, the town again became a minor stop on the way to Yosemite until the Boise Cascade company built the Pine Mountain Lake community with a first class golf course, an airport and lake and staked out 5,000 lots. This development has since grown from a summer home area to a retirement community to a thriving neighborhood with year-round families, boosting the once sleepy Groveland to a travel and vacation destination in its own right.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 9.6square miles (24.8km2), 99.94% of it land and 0.06% of it water.
Climate
This region experiences warm to very hot and dry summers, with the hottest month having an average temperature of 73.7°F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Groveland has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa."
Climate data for Groveland, California, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1908–1916, 2000–present
The whole population lived in households. There were 245 households, out of which 44 (18.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 87 (35.5%) were married-couple households, 25 (10.2%) were cohabiting couple households, 68 (27.8%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 65 (26.5%) had a male householder with no partner present. 90 households (36.7%) were one person, and 46 (18.8%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.2.[7] There were 136 families (55.5% of all households).[8]
The age distribution was 96 people (17.8%) under the age of 18, 36 people (6.7%) aged 18 to 24, 125 people (23.1%) aged 25 to 44, 133 people (24.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 150 people (27.8%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 46.8years. For every 100 females, there were 122.2 males.[7]
There were 321 housing units at an average density of 33.5 unitsper square mile (12.9 units/km2), of which 245 (76.3%) were occupied. Of these, 178 (72.7%) were owner-occupied, and 67 (27.3%) were occupied by renters.[7]
Features
Camp Mather of the City of San Francisco, San Jose Family Camp of the City of San Jose, Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp of the City of Berkeley, and Camp Tawonga, a Jewish summer camp, are all located east of Groveland off Hwy 120 within the Stanislaus National Forest.[9]
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