Angels Camp, California Angels Camp, California Downtown Angels Camp Downtown Angels Camp Nickname(s): angels camp Angels Camp, California is positioned in the US Angels Camp, California - Angels Camp, California Angels Camp, also known as City of Angels and formerly Angel's Camp, Angels, Angels City, Carson's Creek and Clearlake, is the only incorporated town/city in Calaveras County, California, United States.
Mark Twain based his short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" on a story he claimed he heard at the Angels Hotel in 1865. The event is memorialized with a Jumping Frog Jubilee each May at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds, just east of the city.
Because of this, Angels Camp is sometimes referred to as "Frogtown." The town/city is California Historical Landmark #287. The Angels Hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
The placers around his camp were productive but gave out after a several years, and the populace began to dwindle until gold-bearing quartz veins were identified in the town, which brought citizens back.
The town/city was incorporated under the name of "Angels" in 1912. Angels Camp is positioned at 38 04 06 N 120 32 23 W.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.6 square miles (9.3 km2), all land.
Angels Camp is about 1,400 feet (430 m) above sea level, with Angels Creek flowing through the middle of town.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Angels Camp has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Angels Camp had a populace of 3,836.
The ethnic makeup of Angels Camp was 3,329 (86.8%) White, 12 (0.3%) African American, 48 (1.3%) Native American, 49 (1.3%) Asian, 5 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 270 (7.0%) from other competitions, and 123 (3.2%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration Bureau said 3,789 citizens (98.8% of the population) lived in homeholds, 47 (1.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 1,645 homeholds, out of which 422 (25.7%) had kids younger than 18 living in them, 836 (50.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 152 (9.2%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 74 (4.5%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 794 citizens (20.7%) younger than 18, 273 citizens (7.1%) aged 18 to 24, 810 citizens (21.1%) aged 25 to 44, 1,086 citizens (28.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 873 citizens (22.8%) who were 65 or older.
A total of 2,355 citizens (61.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,434 citizens (37.4%)lived in rental housing units.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,004 citizens , 1,286 homeholds, and 856 families residing in the city.
There were 1,286 homeholds, out of which 28.2% had kids younger than 18 living with them, 49.3% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present and 33.4% were non-families.
In the state legislature, Angels Camp is in the 8th Senate District, represented by Republican Tom Berryhill, and the 5th Assembly District, represented by Republican Frank Bigelow. Federally, Angels Camp is in California's 4th congressional district, represented by Republican Tom Mc - Clintock. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Angels Camp, California.
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Angels 5 Theatre, Cinema Treasures, Accessed August 2, 2009.
"California's 4th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map".
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Angels Camp.
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Cities in Calaveras County, California - Mining communities of the California Gold Rush - Populated places in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)California Historical Landmarks - Incorporated metros/cities and suburbs in California - Populated places established in 1848 - 1848 establishments in California - 1912 establishments in California - Mark Twain - Historic American Buildings Survey in California
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