Sutter Creek, California City of Sutter Creek A view of Main Street (Old Highway 49) in Sutter Creek.
A view of Main Street (Old Highway 49) in Sutter Creek.
City of Sutter Creek is positioned in the US City of Sutter Creek - City of Sutter Creek Sutter Creek (formerly spelled Sutter's Creek and Suttercreek; formerly titled Suttersville, generally referred to as the "Sausalito of the foothills") is a town/city in Amador County, California, United States.
Sutter Creek in 1853 Sutter Creek, known as the "Jewel of the Mother Lode," was titled after John Sutter, who sent a party to the region in 1846 in search of timber.
Sutter logged this region for a while before returning to his fort in Sacramento. Sutter's discernment of gold at close-by Coloma in January 1848 triggered the California Gold Rush.
After all his workers left him to go on their own hunts for gold, Sutter moved to Mormon Island with a couple of hands.
After about two weeks miners flooded the island, so Sutter and his hands left and returned to Sutter Creek.
Sutter said: "I broke up the camp and started on the march further south, and positioned my next camp on Sutter Creek, now in Amador County, and thought that I should be there alone.
Shortly after that Sutter moved out of Sutter Creek and back to his fort. Sutter Creek became a destination for fortune hunters.
A postal service was established in 1852, and Sutter Creek became a town in 1854 that incorporated in 1913. With the prosperity brought by quartz mining, Sutter Creek became a boomtown.
By 1939, it was the best-paying mine in Sutter Creek.
Today, Sutter Creek is a tourist town with many shops and restaurants.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.6 square miles (6.6 km ), all of it land.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Sutter Creek has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. Summers are long and hot, while winters are cool but mostly short.
Climate data for Sutter Creek Average rain days 10 10 9 6 4 1 0 1 1 4 7 10 63 The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Sutter Creek had a populace of 2,501.
The ethnic makeup of Sutter Creek was 2,272 (90.8%) White, 10 (0.4%) African American, 34 (1.4%) Native American, 65 (2.6%) Asian, 5 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 40 (1.6%) from other competitions, and 75 (3.0%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 2,500 citizens (100% of the population) lived in homeholds, 1 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 1,168 homeholds, out of which 258 (22.1%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 500 (42.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 109 (9.3%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 51 (4.4%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
418 homeholds (35.8%) were made up of individuals and 239 (20.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The populace was spread out with 466 citizens (18.6%) under the age of 18, 191 citizens (7.6%) aged 18 to 24, 426 citizens (17.0%) aged 25 to 44, 768 citizens (30.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 650 citizens (26.0%) who were 65 years of age or older.
1,355 citizens (54.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,145 citizens (45.8%) lived in rental housing units.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,303 citizens , 1,025 homeholds, and 658 families residing in the city.
Of the 1,025 homeholds 27.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.2% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 35.8% were non-families.
32.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 18.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
23.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 20.3% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 22.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 4.9% of families and 7.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.
Sutter Creek Auditorium & City Hall also homes the Police Department.
In the state council Sutter Creek is in the 8th Senate District, represented by Republican Tom Berryhill, and the 5th Assembly District, represented by Republican Frank Bigelow. Federally, Sutter Creek is in California's 4th congressional district, represented by Republican Tom Mc - Clintock. Sutter Creek has two buildings on the National Register of Historic Places Sutter Creek Grammar School Hotel Sutter Sutter Creek Ice Cream Emporium Sutter Creek Inn Sutter Creek Theater Sutter Creek Visitor Center Sutter Creek Wine Tasting Leland Stanford was one of Sutter Creek's most famous residents.
John Vukovich MLB player for various squads interval up in Sutter Creek and attended Amador High School.
In the tv series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Sutter Creek was shown as the lawless hideout of Big Smith (played by M.
In the tv series Sons of Anarchy, Sutter Creek is briefly mentioned in multiple episodes as a place to hide out.
Sutter Creek is home to Amador High School.
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Cities in Amador County, California - Mining communities of the California Gold Rush - California Historical Landmarks - John Sutter - Incorporated metros/cities and suburbs in California - 1848 establishments in California - Populated places established in 1848
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