| CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA | 
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1076 Listings |
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| Page: 2 of 3 | Section: 6-10 of 11 | Place Names: | Jo-Tu | | |
| Page: 3 of 3 | Section: 6-11 of 11 | Place Names: | Tu-Zw | | |
| Population: | 40,554 2000 census | ||
| Area: | 652,920 Acres | ||
| County Seat: | Pleasant Valley* 1850 | Double Springs* 1850 | Jackson* 1850-1852 |
| Mokelumne Hill 1852-1866 | San Andreas 1866-present | ||
| Date: February 18, 1850 | Original county | ||
| Mining Districts | ||
| Name | Type | |
| Historical Landmarks | ||
| Number |
Name |
Date |
| 41 | Big Bar | 1848 |
| 251 | Valley Springs | 1885 |
| 252 | San Andreas | 1848 |
| 253 | Sandy Gulch | 1849 |
| 254 | Camanche once called Limerick Inundated by Camanche Reservoir |
1849 |
| 255 | Calaveritos | 1849 |
| 256 | I.O.O.F. Hall, Mokelumne Hill | 1854 |
| 257 | Campo Seco | 1849 |
| 258 | Fourth Crossing once called Foremans |
1850 |
| 261 | Congregational Church | August 28, 1856 |
| 262 | Milton | 1871 |
| 263 | Stone Corral | |
| 264 | Double Springs | February 18, 1850 |
| 265 | Chili Gulch | 1848 |
| 266 | Jenny Lind | 1849 |
| 267 | Mitchler Hotel (1882) first called Sperry and then Perry Murphys Hotel (1945) |
August 20, 1856 |
| 268 | West Point | |
| 269 | Mokulumne Hill | 1848 |
| 271 | Pioneer Cemetery | 1851 |
| 272 | Douglas Flat | 1850 |
| 273 | Vallecito | 1850 |
| 274 | Carson Hill | 1848 |
| 275 | Murphys | 1849 |
| 276 | Robinson's Ferry | 1848 |
| 280 | Glencoe once called Mosquito Gulch |
1850 |
| 281 | O'Bryne Ferry | |
| 282 | El Dorado Became Mountain Ranch |
1872 |
| 284 | Jesus Maria | 1850 |
| 286 | Railroad Flat | |
| 287 | Angels Camp | 1849 |
| 288 | Altaville | 1873 |
| 295 | Paloma | 1849 |
| 296 | Copperopolis | 1860 |
| 370 | Vallecito Bell Monument once called Murphy's Old Diggings |
1849 |
| 465 | Old Mining Camp of Brownsville | 1850 |
| 466 | The Peter L. Traver Building | 1856 |
| 499 | Red Brick Grammer School | 1848 |
| 663 | Courthouse of Calaveras County
(1852-1866) and Ledger Hotel (once called Grand Hotel) |
1852 |
| 734 | Angels Hotel | 1851 |
| 735 | Prince-Garibardi Building | 1852 |
| 769 | Birthplace of Archie Stevenot | |
| 956 | California Caverns at Cave City | 1850 |
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Census Totals |
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| 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 |
| 16,884 | 16,299 | 8,895 | 8,980 |
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Territorial History |
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| 1850 | One of the 27 original counties |
| Territory from Calaveras to Alpine (1854) | |
| Territory from Calaveras to Amador (1854) | |
| Territory from Calaveras to Mono (1861 | |
| Territory from Calaveras to Fresno (1856) | |
| *Pleasant Valley changed name to Double Springs (1850) (site near present Valley Springs) |
| *Jackson was the county seat of both Amador and Calaveras counties |
| Calaveras means "skulls." Named after the Calaveras River, which was named by an early explorer when he found, on the banks of the river, skulls of many Indians. |
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