Editing Angels Camp, California

{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Angels Camp, California
| other_name         = Angels
| nickname           = Frogtown, City of Angels
| settlement_type    = [[List of municipalities in California|City]]
| motto              = "Redefining The Rush"
| image_skyline      = Downtown Angels Camp CA.jpg
| image_caption      = Downtown Angels Camp in 2008
| image_flag         = Angels camp ca flag.png
| image_seal         = Angels Camp ca seal.png
| seal_size          = 
| image_map          = File:Calaveras County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Angels Highlighted 0602112.svg
| map_caption        = Location of Angels in Calaveras County, California
| pushpin_map        = USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States
| pushpin_relief     = 1
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[California]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in California|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Calaveras County, California|Calaveras]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Michael Chimente<ref name=CC>{{cite web|url=https://angelscamp.gov/city-hall/mayor-city-council-2/|title=Mayor & City Council|access-date=May 4, 2025|website=City of Angels}}</ref>
| leader_title1      = [[Vice Mayor]]
| leader_name1       = Caroline Schirato<ref name=CC/>
| leader_title2      = City Administrator
| leader_name2       = Pamela Caronongon<ref name=administrator>{{cite web|url=https://angelscamp.gov/city-hall/city-administrator/|title=City Administrator|access-date=May 4, 2025|website=City of Angels}}</ref>
| established_title  = Mining camp
| established_date   = 1848<ref name=Koeppel/>
| established_title2 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date2  = January 24, 1912<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc|title=California Cities by Incorporation Date|format=Word|publisher=California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s|access-date=March 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103002921/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc|archive-date=November 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<!-- Area------------------>| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 30, 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi   = 3.64
| area_land_sq_mi    = 3.63
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.01
| area_total_km2     = 9.42
| area_land_km2      = 9.41
| area_water_km2     = 0.01
| area_water_percent = 0.25
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=elevation>{{Cite gnis|1667877|Angels Camp|access-date=October 20, 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 421
| elevation_ft       = 1381
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 3667
| population_density_sq_mi = 1009.64
| timezone           = [[Pacific Time Zone|PST]]
| utc_offset         = -8
| timezone_DST       = PDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -7
| coordinates        = {{coord|38|04|06|N|120|32|23|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 95222
| area_code          = [[Area code 209|209]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = {{FIPS|06|02112}}
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature IDs
| blank1_info        = {{GNIS 4|1667877}}, {{GNIS 4|2409709}}
| website            = {{URL|http://angelscamp.gov}}
| footnotes          = {{Designation list|embed=yes|designation1=California|designation1_number=287<ref name=CHL/>}}
| pop_est_as_of      = 
| pop_est_footnotes  = 
| population_est     = 
| population_density_km2 = 389.78
}}

'''Angels Camp''', also known as '''City of Angels''' (formerly '''Angel's Camp''', '''Angels''', '''Angels City''', '''Carson's Creek''' and '''Clearlake'''), is the only incorporated city in [[Calaveras County, California]], United States. The population was 3,667 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It lies at an elevation of 1381 feet (421 m).

[[Mark Twain]] based his short story "[[The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County]]" on a story he claimed to have heard at the [[Angels Hotel]] in 1865.<ref name=AAA>{{cite book|title=Northern California|year=2012|publisher=AAA Publishing|location=Heathrow, Florida|pages=46}}</ref> The event is commemorated with a Jumping Frog Jubilee each May at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds, just east of the city. Because of this, Angels Camp is sometimes referred to as "Frogtown."

The city is [[California Historical Landmark]] #287.<ref name=CHL>{{cite ohp|287|Angels Camp|2012-10-06}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Angels-Camp-CA-ca1900.jpeg|thumb|Angels Camp around 1900]]
Henry Angell, a native of Rhode Island, set up a tent store on the banks of the creek. The [[placer mining|placers]] around his camp were productive but gave out after a few years, and the population began to dwindle until gold-bearing [[quartz]] veins were discovered in the town, which brought people back. Those mines operated for the next few decades, producing more than $20 million worth of gold, processed by [[stamp mill]]s in town. It was said that when the last mill finally ceased operations, the townspeople couldn't sleep, the silence was so loud.<ref name=Koeppel>{{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.malakoff.com/goldcountry/angelsca.htm|title=The California Gold Country: Highway 49 Revisited|chapter=Angels Camp|last=Koeppel|first=Elliot H.|isbn=978-0-938121-12-1|publisher=Malakoff & Co.|date=August 1999}}</ref>

The first post office was established in 1851 (and called Carson's Creek). It was renamed along with the town in 1853. The city was incorporated under the name of "Angels" in 1912.<ref>{{California's Geographic Names|740}}</ref>

==Geography==
Angels Camp is located at {{Coord|38|04|06|N|120|32|23|W|type:city}}.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.6|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

Angels Camp is about {{convert|1400|ft|m}} above sea level, with [[Angels Creek]] flowing through the middle of town.

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Angels Camp has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|hot-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=271640&cityname=Angels+Camp%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Angels Camp, California] Retrieved January 1, 2018.</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 330
|1890= 917
|1920= 941
|1930= 915
|1940= 1163
|1950= 1147
|1960= 1121
|1970= 1710
|1980= 2302
|1990= 2409
|2000= 3004
|2010= 3836
|2020= 3667
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/2010angelscamp.pdf|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref>
}}

The [[2020 United States census]] reported that Angels Camp had a population of 3,667. The population density was {{convert|1,009.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Angels Camp was 81.1% [[White Americans|White]], 0.7% [[African Americans|African American]], 2.1% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 1.3% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.2% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 3.8% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 10.8% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 12.5% of the population.

The census reported that 98.4% of the population lived in households, 1.6% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 1,635 households, out of which 24.5% included children under the age of 18, 46.5% were married-couple households, 7.3% were [[cohabitation|cohabiting]] couple households, 30.0% had a female householder with no partner present, and 16.1% had a male householder with no partner present. 29.4% of households were one person, and 17.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.21. There were 1,036 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (63.4% of all households).

The age distribution was 18.2% under the age of 18, 5.5% aged 18 to 24, 19.6% aged 25 to 44, 26.1% aged 45 to 64, and 30.6% who were 65{{nbsp}}years of age or older. The median age was 51.6{{nbsp}}years. For every 100 females, there were 89.5 males.

There were 1,907 housing units at an average density of {{convert|525.1|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 1,635 (85.7%) were occupied. Of these, 68.2% were owner-occupied, and 31.8% were occupied by renters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Angels city, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=1600000US0602112 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=March 31, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Angels city, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P16?g=1600000US0602112 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=March 31, 2025}}</ref>

The median household income was $60,353, and the [[per capita income]] was $31,454. About 10.5% of families and 13.5% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>{{cite web |title=Angels city, California; DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics - 2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates Comparison Profiles |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP03?g=1600000US0602112 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=March 31, 2025}}</ref>

==Government==
In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]], Angels Camp is in {{Representative|casd|4|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://senate.ca.gov/senators|title=Senators|access-date=May 13, 2025|publisher=State of California}}</ref> and {{Representative|caad|8|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers|title=Members Assembly|access-date=May 13, 2025|publisher=State of California}}</ref> Federally, Angels Camp is in {{Representative|cacd|5|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{cite GovTrack|CA|5|access-date=May 13, 2025}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Sara Carter]] — musician and entertainer, [[Carter Family discography|Carter Family]]
*[[T.J. Dillashaw]] — former UFC bantamweight champion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/10979081/tj-dillashaw-clinches-135-pound-title-upsetting-barao|title=TJ Dillashaw clinches 135-pound title|last=Okamoto|first=Brett|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=May 24, 2014|access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref>
*Amanda Folendorf — first deaf female mayor in the United States<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/02/08/first-deaf-female-mayor/|title=New Angels Camp Leader Is Nation's First Female Deaf Mayor|date=February 8, 2018|access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Mike McCormick (outfielder)|Mike McCormick]] — [[Major League Baseball]] player
*[[Catfish Metkovich]] — Major League Baseball player
*[[Tommy Orange]] — Native American writer and novelist
*[[Kyle Rasmussen]] — [[United States Ski Team]] member and two-time [[Alpine skiing World Cup]] [[Downhill (ski competition)|Downhill]] champion

==See also==
*[[Prince-Garibaldi Building]]
*[[California Historical Landmarks in Calaveras County]]
*[[Archie Stevenot|Birthplace of Archie Stevenot]]
*[[Robinson's Ferry (boat)|Robinson's Ferry]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikivoyage|Angels Camp}}
*{{Official website}}
*{{HABS|survey=CA-1499|id=ca0066|title=Angels Camp, General View, Main Street, Angels Camp, Calaveras County, CA}}
*[https://westernmininghistory.com/towns/california/angels-camp/ Angels Camp Mining History] at Western Mining History. Numerous historic images and a nice 1850 map of the camps & diggings then.
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