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Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coarsegold, California Coarsegold is a census-designated place in Madera County, California. The populace was 1,840 at the 2010 census. The Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, a federally recognized tribe, is headquartered in Coarsegold. Coarsegold has previously had a several names, including Coarse Gold, Gold Gulch, Michaels, Oro Grosso, Texas Flat, and Coarse Gold Gulch. The place was first called Texas Flat after miners from Texas identified gold there in 1849. By 1874, the name had changed to Michaels, honoring Charles Michaels, a small-town merchant. A rival quarrying camp inhabited by Mexicans there was called Oro Grosso. The current name derives from the California Gold Rush of the mid-19th century, when prospectors identified coarse nuggets of gold in a close-by creek. At one time, a several dozen gold mines directed in the area.

The Coarse Gold Gulch postal service opened in 1878, changed the name to Goldgulch in 1895 and to Coarsegold in 1899. Coarsegold has a Mediterranean climate (Csa as stated to the Koppen climate classification system) with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. Its average annual rain is 27.29 in (693 mm). It is positioned in hardiness zone 8b. The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Coarsegold had a populace of 1,840.

The ethnic makeup of Coarsegold was 1,617 (87.9%) White, 11 (0.6%) African American, 50 (2.7%) Native American, 32 (1.7%) Asian, 6 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 47 (2.6%) from other competitions, and 77 (4.2%) from two or more competitions.

The Enumeration reported that 1,840 citizens (100% of the population) lived in homeholds, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 766 homeholds, out of which 184 (24.0%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 452 (59.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 70 (9.1%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 28 (3.7%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.

The populace was spread out with 338 citizens (18.4%) under the age of 18, 116 citizens (6.3%) aged 18 to 24, 295 citizens (16.0%) aged 25 to 44, 585 citizens (31.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 506 citizens (27.5%) who were 65 years of age or older.

1,492 citizens (81.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 348 citizens (18.9%) lived in rental housing units.

Chukchansi language classes have been taught at the elementary school in Coarsegold since 2008. As of 2012, Chukchansi classes are available for kids and grownups. A Coarsegold Tarantula Festival is held in late October, traditionally the Saturday before Halloween, including tarantula racing, a competition for the hairiest legs of both men and women, and a pumpkin dessert contest.[not in citation given] Richard Kiel Actor lived in Coarsegold from 1980 2002 when he moved to Clovis, California for medical reasons Lee Newton Actress raised in Coarsegold until moving to Pasadena, California after high school to pursue an acting longterm position Grace Lee Whitney Actress lived in Coarsegold from 1993 until her death on May 1, 2015 The 1993 computer-based adventure game Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist, is set in a fictionalized Coarsegold, California in the 1880s.

The game was presented by Sierra On-Line which was, at the time, based in close-by Oakhurst; the same company, under its before name On-Line Systems, in 1981 presented On-Line Adventure #3: Cranston Manor, also set in Coarsegold.

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Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coarsegold, California California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State.

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