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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Calaveras |
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| - Total | 10. Calaveras County is a County located in the Gold Country of the U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The US state of California is divided into fifty-eight counties. Calaveras County is a County located in the Gold Country of the U Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 3 sq mi (26. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 7 km²) |
| - Land | 10. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 3 sq mi (26. 7 km²) |
| - Water | 0 sq mi (0 km²) |
| Elevation | 2,175 ft (663 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 2,061 |
| - Density | 200. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 1/sq mi (77. 2/km²) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| - Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 95229, 95247 |
| Area code(s) | 209 |
| FIPS code | 06-50034 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0277560 |
Murphys is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. A census-designated place ( CDP) is a type of place (a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes Calaveras County is a County located in the Gold Country of the U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The population was 2,061 at the 2000 census.
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History
John and Daniel Murphy were part of the Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party, the first immigrant party to bring wagons across the Sierra Nevada to Sutter's Fort in 1844. The Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party party consisted of ten families who migrated from Iowa to California prior to the Mexican-American War or the California The Sierra Nevada ( Spanish for "Snowy Range" is a Mountain range located in the U Sutter's Fort State Historic Park is a state-protected park in Sacramento California which includes Sutter's Fort and the California State Indian Museum Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year They earned a living as merchants, but like many others, began prospecting when the California Gold Rush began. 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 They first started in Vallecito, which was known as "Murphys Old Diggings," before moving to another location in 1848 which became "Murphys New Diggings," "Murphy's Camp," and eventually just "Murphys. Vallecito ("Little Valley" in Spanish) is a Census-designated place (CDP in Calaveras County, California, United States Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap "
The placer mining in this location was wildly successful. Placer mining (pronounced "plass-er" refers to the mining of alluvial deposits for Minerals This may be done by open-pit (also called open-cast Miners were limited to claims of 8 square feet (0. The square foot is an Imperial unit / US customary unit (non- SI non- metric) of Area, used mainly in the United States 75 m2) and yet many were still able to become rich. The Murphy brothers themselves, however, made far more money as merchants than as miners. In fact, John was so successful that he left town at the end of 1849 and never returned, having a personal fortune of nearly $2 million. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Roughly $20 million in gold was discovered in Murphys and the surrounding area.
Murphys was also a popular destination as a tourist resort, as the nearby giant sequoia trees in what is now Calaveras Big Trees State Park were a major draw, and they continue to be so today. Sequoiadendron giganteum ( Giant Sequoia, Sierra Redwood, or Wellingtonia) is the sole species in the genus Sequoiadendron Calaveras Big Trees State Park, located 4 miles (6 km northeast of Arnold California in the middle altitudes of the Sierra Nevada in Calaveras County After visiting, John Muir wrote in his book, The Mountains of California (1894):
MURPHY'S CAMP is a curious old mining-town in Calaveras County, at an elevation of 2,400 feet (730 m) above the sea, situated like a nest in the center of a rough, gravelly region, rich in gold. John Muir ( April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) was a Scottish -born American Naturalist, author and early Granites, slates, lavas, limestone, iron ores, quartz veins, auriferous gravels, remnants of dead fire-rivers and dead water-rivers are developed here side by side within a radius of a few miles, and placed invitingly open before the student like a book, while the people and the region beyond the camp furnish mines of study of never-failing interest and variety.
Like many other mining towns, fire was its bane and the town was destroyed three times by flames, in 1859, 1874, and 1893. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common After the second major fire, there was little gold left to mine, and so the town was never rebuilt to its boomtown condition. A boomtown is a Community that experiences sudden and rapid population and Economic growth. However, Murphys continued to thrive as a merchant center, supplying many of the silver mines in Nevada with provisions via Ebbetts Pass. Merchants function as professionals who deal with Trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves in order to produce Profit. Silver (ˈsɪlvɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol " Ag " (argentum from the Ancient Greek: ἀργήντος - argēntos gen Nevada ( is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. Ebbetts Pass, named after "Major" John Ebbetts, (el 8730 ft The town is registered as California Historical Landmark #275. California Historical Landmarks (CHLs are buildings structures sites or places in the state of California that have been determined to have statewide historical
Landmarks
- Murphys Hotel (CHL #267), one of the oldest continually operating hotels in California. The Murphys Hotel in Murphys California is one of the oldest hotels still operating in California A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging usually on a short-term basis Its historic register contains such names as Ulysses S. Grant and Mark Twain. Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910 better known by the Pen name Mark Twain, was an American Humorist, satirist
- The Old Mining Camp of Brownsville (CHL #465) sits just to southwest of the town. A thriving mining camp on rich Pennsylvania Gulch in the 1850s and 1860s, the camp was named for Alfred Brown, former owner of Table Mountain Ranch. Laws of the Brownsville mining district provided that each miner could own one wet and one dry claim, not to exceed 150 square feet (14 m²) each
- The Peter L. Traver Building (CHL #466) is the oldest stone building in Murphys. Its iron shutters and sand on the roof protected it from the fires of 1859, 1874, and 1893. It served as a general store, a Wells Fargo office, and later a garage. Wells Fargo & Co ( is a diversified Financial services company headquartered in San Francisco California, United States with operations around the Today, it houses a not-for-profit museum documenting Murphys' gold-rush history. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage
Murphys is rapidly becoming a popular tourist attraction and there are many wine tasting rooms popping up. Wine tasting (often in wine circles simply tasting) is the sensory examination and evaluation of Wine.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 3 square miles (26. 7 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 2,061 people, 945 households, and 611 families residing in the CDP. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 200. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 0 people per square mile (77. 2/km²). There were 1,094 housing units at an average density of 106. 2/sq mi (41. 0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94. 27% White, 0. 34% Black or African American, 0. 97% Native American, 0. 87% Asian, 0. 10% Pacific Islander, 2. 38% from other races, and 1. 07% from two or more races. 5. 63% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 945 households out of which 22. 0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55. 7% were married couples living together, 6. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35. 3% were non-families. 30. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 19. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 18 and the average family size was 2. 71.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 19. 8% under the age of 18, 4. 0% from 18 to 24, 19. 6% from 25 to 44, 28. 0% from 45 to 64, and 28. 5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females there were 88. 2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85. 3 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,344, and the median income for a family was $58,194. Males had a median income of $44,125 versus $31,394 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $24,567. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 6. 6% of families and 10. 0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 4% of those under age 18 and 4. 5% of those age 65 or over.
Politics
In the state legislature Murphys is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Dave Cox, and in the 25th Assembly District, represented by Republican Tom Berryhill. 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. Tom Berryhill is a Republican politician in the United States who has represented California's 25th Assembly district since December 2006 Federally, Murphys is located in California's 3rd congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +7[2] and is represented by Republican Dan Lungren. California's 3rd congressional district covers most of Sacramento County and part of Solano County, as well as all of Alpine, Amador and The Cook Partisan Voting Index ( CPVI) sometimes referred to as simply the Partisan Voting Index ( PVI) is a measurement of how strongly an American Daniel Edward (Dan Lungren (born September 22, 1946) is a Republican of the United States House of Representatives representing California's
Famous residents
- Albert Abraham Michelson, the first American to receive the Nobel in the sciences, grew up in Murphy's Camp and Virginia City, Nevada. Albert Abraham Michelson ( December 19, 1852 &ndash May 9, 1931) was a Polish - American Physicist known
Tourist attractions
Mercer Caverns
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References
- ^ American FactFinder. Mercer Caverns are located outside of Murphys in Calaveras County California. United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
- ^ 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
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- Murphys, California is at coordinates Coordinates:
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