Location in Calaveras County and the state of California Location in Calaveras County and the state of California Mokelumne Hill is positioned in the US Mokelumne Hill - Mokelumne Hill Mokelumne Hill (also, Big Bar, Mok Hill, and The Hill) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States.
The town takes its name from the neighboring Mokelumne River, which in turn is Miwok for the "people of Mokel," the likely name of an Indian village in the area.
Mokelumne Hill was one of the richest gold quarrying towns in California.
By 1850 the town was one of the biggest in the area, with its populace reaching as high as 15,000 with citizens of all nationalities: Americans, Frenchmen, Germans, Spaniards, Chileans, Mexicans, Chinese, and others.
When San Andreas became the new governmental center of county in 1866, Mokelumne Hill's status declined even further.
Mokelumne Hill is registered as California Historical Landmark #269. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km ), over 99% of it land.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Mokelumne Hill has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Mokelumne Hill had a populace of 646.
The populace density was 209.6 citizens per square mile (80.9/km ).
The ethnic makeup of Mokelumne Hill was 571 (88.4%) White, 3 (0.5%) African American, 12 (1.9%) Native American, 4 (0.6%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 26 (4.0%) from other competitions, and 30 (4.6%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 646 citizens (100% of the population) lived in homeholds, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 299 homeholds, out of which 63 (21.1%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 129 (43.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 31 (10.4%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 14 (4.7%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
99 homeholds (33.1%) were made up of individuals and 38 (12.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The populace was spread out with 102 citizens (15.8%) under the age of 18, 39 citizens (6.0%) aged 18 to 24, 119 citizens (18.4%) aged 25 to 44, 245 citizens (37.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 141 citizens (21.8%) who were 65 years of age or older.
447 citizens (69.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 199 citizens (30.8%) lived in rental housing units.
The populace density was 252.5 citizens per square mile (97.3/km ).
There were 340 homeholds out of which 24.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families.
In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 30.5% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 3.7% of families and 7.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.
In the state legislature, Mokelumne Hill is in the 8th Senate District, represented by Republican Tom Berryhill, and the 5th Assembly District, represented by Republican Frank Bigelow. Federally, Mokelumne Hill is in California's 4th congressional district, represented by Republican Tom Mc - Clintock. California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State.
Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks.
Climate Summary for Mokelumne Hill, California "2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Mokelumne Hill CDP".
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mokelumne Hill, California Municipalities and communities of Calaveras County, California, United States California Historical Landmarks in Calaveras County, California
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Census-designated places in Calaveras County, California - California Historical Landmarks - Former county seats in California - Census-designated places in California
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