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| Nearest city: | Placerville, California |
| Built/Founded: | 1848 |
| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000207 [1] |
| Governing body: | State |
Coloma is a small town in El Dorado County, California, USA (Latitude/Longitude: 38. Placerville is the County seat of El Dorado County California. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. El Dorado County is a County located in the Gold Country of the U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 8000/-120. 8892). It is approximately 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Placerville, California. Placerville is the County seat of El Dorado County California. Coloma is most noted for being the site where James W. Marshall first discovered gold in California, at Sutter's Mill in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush. James Wilson Marshall ( October 8, 1810 - August 10, 1885) was an American Carpenter and Sawmill operator whose Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Sutter's Mill was a Sawmill owned by 19th century pioneer John Sutter. The California Gold Rush (1848&ndash1855 began on January 24 1848 when Gold was discovered by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California Currently the town counts approximately 300 inhabitants.
While some people still live in this unincorporated area, Coloma is considered something of a ghost town, as civic buildings such as the jail have been abandoned and left to decay, and other buildings from its boom era (1847-1852) have been converted into museums and other historical displays. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. A ghost town is a Town or City that has been abandoned usually because the economic activity that supported it has failed or due to natural or human-caused A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the In fact, much of what used to be the town of Coloma is now the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park and is designated as a National Historic Landmark. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park is a California State park near Placerville California, USA. A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the
The name comes from the original natives' (Nisenan Indians) name for the valley Coloma is in; Cullumah, meaning "beautiful. The Nisenan, also known as the Southern Maidu and Valley Maidu are one of many native groups of the Central Valley. " Coloma is on the South Fork of the American River that runs through the valley. American River ( Río de los Americanos in the Mexican period located in the US state of California, has a prominent place in United States history for
The ZIP code is 95613. The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS The community is inside area code 530. North American area code 530 is a California Telephone Area code that covers Auburn, Chico, Colfax, Davis
Politics
In the state legislature Coloma is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Dave Cox, and in the 4th Assembly District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines. The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. David E Cox (born February 20 1938 in Holdenville Oklahoma) is an American politician from Fair Oaks California. The California State Assembly is the Lower house of the California State Legislature. Ted Gaines (born April 25, 1958 in Roseville CA) is a Californian politician representing the 4th District in the California State Assembly Federally, Coloma is located in California's 4th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +11[2] and is represented by Republican John Doolittle. California's 4th congressional district covers the northeastern corner of California along Route 395, covering El Dorado, Placer, Nevada The Cook Partisan Voting Index ( CPVI) sometimes referred to as simply the Partisan Voting Index ( PVI) is a measurement of how strongly an American This page is about the politician for the fictional animal doctor see Doctor Dolittle.
References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor
- ^ Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest?. Campaign Legal Center Blog. Retrieved on 2007-10-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony
External links
- Local visitor's guide
- Coloma, California is at coordinates Coordinates:
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