Coloma
El Dorado · USGS GNIS name record 1655915
Explore statistics nearby
These Census tracts have reference points near Coloma. Their figures describe the entire named tract, not this locality. Open a tract to inspect its map, sources and demographic percentages.
Census tract 309.01 ↗
El Dorado County · CA
- Population
- 3,471
- Median home value
- $716,500
Census tract 306.05 ↗
El Dorado County · CA
- Population
- 1,383
- Median home value
- $446,900
Census tract 310 ↗
El Dorado County · CA
- Population
- 6,171
- Median home value
- $526,900
Census tract 306.06 ↗
El Dorado County · CA
- Population
- 4,146
- Median home value
- $434,400
The source behind the name
USGS GNIS Populated Place names in all 50 states and DC. Features in the historical extract or explicitly named historical are excluded; duplicate decision records with identical identities and coordinates are collapsed. GNIS points identify names, not legal or neighborhood boundaries, current occupancy, school attendance or a statistical population. Nearby Census places and tracts remain separately named geographies. Name completeness and currency vary; this is not a claim to include every locally used neighborhood name.
Original USGS record for Coloma ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 11/01/2023 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
Located in secs 17 and 20,T11N,R10E, Mount Diablo Meridian. National Historic Landmark operated as a state park. This NHL offers public access. Please contact the NHL directly for visitor information.
The discovery of placer gold at Coloma on January 24, 1848, resulted in the greatest series of gold strikes on the North American continent. The initial strike occurred at a sawmill constructed by land baron John A. Sutter on the South Fork of the American River. Coloma grew up around Sutter's Mill, and became the distributing center from which other mining camps were founded to the north, east, and south. The town died as the deposits were exhausted in the late 1850's.
Source notes may describe earlier conditions.Source files & checksums
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