Cameron Park, California Cameron Park, California Cameron Park, California is positioned in the US Cameron Park, California - Cameron Park, California Cameron Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States and is part of the Sacramento urbane area.
Cameron Park is a improve positioned in the Northern California Gold Country of the Sierra Nevada foothills, approximately 30 miles (50 km) east of Sacramento and 70 miles (110 km) west of South Lake Tahoe.
The initial Native American inhabitants of the region surrounding Cameron Park were Nisenan, or Southern Maidu Indians.
Grinding rocks and burial mounds serve as glimpses of the past and are still visible in various locations in and near Cameron Park.
Modern evolution accelerated in the region when Larry Cameron purchased 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) of foothill territory in the 1950s for evolution purposes, first for ranching, then involving housing, a golf course, parks, a lake and a small airport.
Today, Cameron Park contains a mix of ranches, single family homes, condominiums, apartements and businesses.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 11.2 square miles (29 km2), of which 11.1 square miles (29 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.62%) is water.
Cameron Park is situated in an interior Chaparral zone or brush zone just east of the Central Valley (California).
The altitude of Cameron Park varies between approximately 1,200 and 1,450 feet (370 and 440 m) above sea level, and is not considered in the snow zone of the Sierra Nevada mountain peaks to the east, which is typically between 3,000 and 5,000 feet of altitude and above.
Autumns tend to be an "extended dry, hot summer" throughout California and Cameron Park is no exception.
Cameron Park typically receives exceptional snow affairs, about once every several years.
Cameron Park is in Sunset Climate Zone 9 and USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9 - A.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Cameron Park had a populace of 18,228.
The ethnic makeup of Cameron Park was 16,242 (89.1%) White, 143 (0.8%) African American, 194 (1.1%) Native American, 425 (2.3%) Asian, 36 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 461 (2.5%) from other competitions, and 727 (4.0%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 18,222 citizens (100% of the population) lived in homeholds, 6 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
2,512 (35.9%) homeholds have kids under the age of 18 living with them, 3,975 (56.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 790 (11.3%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 356 (5.1%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 4,576 citizens (25.1%) under the age of 18, 1,502 citizens (8.2%) aged 18 to 24, 4,162 citizens (22.8%) aged 25 to 44, 5,358 citizens (29.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,630 citizens (14.4%) who were 65 years of age or older.
12,566 citizens (68.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,656 citizens (31.0%) lived in rental housing units.
In the state legislature, Cameron Park is in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and the 6th Assembly District, represented by Republican Kevin Kiley. Federally, Cameron Park is in California's 4th congressional district, represented by Republican Tom Mc - Clintock. Next to to the Airpark Estates sits man-made Cameron Park Lake.
Cameron Park Lake is also the site of the annual "Summer Spectacular" held on or about the Independence Day holiday.
Cameron Park Lake is also the home of "Ribstock," a one-day barbecue festival that features a Kansas City Barbeque Society-sanctioned barbecue competition.
Cameron Park Lake Cameron Park was once known as the home of "Sam's Town", where many travelers stopped on their way to and from Lake Tahoe.
All that is left of Skinner's ranch is a portion of the cellar (integrated into the Cameron Park Nursery on the northeast corner of the intersection), a tiny remnant of the distillery wall (behind mobile homes in the mobile home park near the southeast corner of the intersection), and the Skinner cemetery (near the south-west corner of the intersection).
There are a several other "pioneer" cemeteries positioned throughout Cameron Park.
"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Cameron Park CDP".
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