Editing Plymouth, California

{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name                   = Plymouth
| other_name                      = 
| native_name                     = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
| nickname                        = Gateway to Shenandoah Valley
| settlement_type                 = [[List of municipalities in California|City]]
| motto                           = 
| image_skyline                   = Plymouth, CA Main Street.jpg
| imagesize                       = 
| image_caption                   = Main Street in Plymouth
| image_seal                      = 
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| image_map                       = File:Amador_County_California_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Plymouth_Highlighted 0657834.svg
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| pushpin_map                     = California#USA
| pushpin_map_caption             = Location in California
| subdivision_type                = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name                = {{USA}}
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = {{flag|California}}
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in California|County]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Amador County, California|Amador]]
| government_footnotes            = 
| government_type                 = 
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = Marianne Akerland
| leader_title1                   = Vice Mayor
| leader_name1                    = Douglas Sim
| leader_title2                   = City Manager
| leader_name2                    = Margaret Roberts
| leader_title3                   = [[California's 8th State Senate district|State Senate]]<br/>[[California's 5th State Assembly district|State Assembly]]
| leader_name3                    = {{Representative|casd|8|fmt=sleader}}<ref>{{Cite web
 |url=http://senate.ca.gov/senators 
 |title=Senators 
 |access-date=March 18, 2013
|publisher=State of California}}</ref><br/>{{Representative|caad|5|fmt=sleader}}<ref>{{Cite web
 |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers
 |title=Members Assembly
 |access-date=March 18, 2013
|publisher=State of California}}</ref>
| leader_title4                   = [[California's 4th congressional district|U. S. Congress]]
| leader_name4                    = {{Representative|cacd|4|fmt=usleader}}<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|4|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref>
| established_title               = Settled
| established_date                = 1853
| established_title2              = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date2               = February 8, 1917<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
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20141103002921/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc
 |archive-date = November 3, 2014
}}</ref>
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| area_magnitude                  = 
| unit_pref                       = Imperial
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi                = 2.60
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 2.59
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.01
| area_total_km2                  = 6.74
| area_land_km2                   = 6.71
| area_water_km2                  = 0.03
| area_water_percent              = 1.34
| area_note                       = 
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes            = <ref name="US Census Bureau 2020 Plymouth, CA Population">{{cite web |title=US Census Bureau |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Plymouth%20city,%20California |website=www.census.gov |access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
| population_note                 = 
| population_total                = 1078
| population_density_km2          = auto
| population_density_sq_mi        = auto
| timezone                        = [[Pacific Time Zone|PST]]
| utc_offset                      = -8
| timezone_DST                    = PDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = -7
| coordinates                     = {{coord|38|28|55|N|120|50|41|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes             = <ref name=elevation>{{Cite GNIS|277579|Plymouth|access-date=May 24, 2007}}</ref>
| elevation_m                     = 330
| elevation_ft                    = 1083
| postal_code_type                = ZIP code
| postal_code                     = 95669
| area_code                       = [[Area code 209|209]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 06-57834
| blank1_name                     = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature IDs
| blank1_info                     = {{GNIS4|277579}}, {{GNIS4|2411446}}
| website                         = {{URL|http://www.cityofplymouth.org/}}
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}}

'''Plymouth''' (formerly '''Puckerville''', '''Pokerville''', and '''Poker Camp''')<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|540}}</ref> is a city in [[Amador County, California]], United States. The population was 1,078 at the 2020 census.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plymouth city, California Census Data 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Plymouth+city,+California&tid=DECENNIALDHC2020.P1 |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The town was originally named Pokerville, when it was settled during the time of the [[gold rush]]. Plymouth is commonly now known as a "Gateway to [[California Shenandoah Valley AVA|Shenandoah Valley]]", a popular wine-producing region in the Sierra foothills. Plymouth is home to the number one Country County Fair in the state of CA and to a wonderful community of people who value their rural lifestyle.

== Geography ==

Plymouth is located at {{Coord|38|28|55|N|120|50|41|W|type:city}}<ref>.{{gnis|277579}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.9|sqmi|km2|abbr=off|sp=us}}, of which 98.66 percent is land and 1.34 percent is water.

==History==
A post office was opened in 1871.<ref name="CGN" /> The city incorporated in 1917.<ref name="CGN" /> The [[Plymouth Trading Post]] is a registered as [[California Historical Landmark]] #41.<ref>{{cite ohp |id=41 |name=Big Bar |access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref>

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Plymouth has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=740&cityname=Plymouth%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Plymouth, California]</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 740
|1890= 768
|1920= 657
|1930= 343
|1940= 460
|1950= 382
|1960= 489
|1970= 501
|1980= 699
|1990= 811
|2000= 980
|2010= 1005
|2020= 1078
|estyear=2019
|estimate=1076
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

The [[2020 United States census]] reported that Plymouth had a population of 1,078. The population density was {{convert|406.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Plymouth was 70.0% [[White Americans|White]], 0.6% [[African Americans|African American]], 2.6% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 1.2% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.6% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 10.7% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 14.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 24.4% of the population.

The Census reported that 98.5% of the population lived in households, 1.5% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and none were institutionalized.

There were 430 households, out of which 28.1% included children under the age of 18, 50.5% were married-couple households, 7.2% were [[cohabitation|cohabiting]] couple households, 25.3% had a female householder with no partner present, and 17.0% had a male householder with no partner present. 23.0% of households were one person, and 13.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.47. There were 298 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (69.3% of all households).

The age distribution was 19.9% under the age of 18, 6.9% aged 18 to 24, 22.3% aged 25 to 44, 27.6% aged 45 to 64, and 23.3% who were 65{{nbsp}}years of age or older. The median age was 46.8{{nbsp}}years. For every 100 females, there were 96.7 males.

There were 503 housing units at an average density of {{convert|189.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 430 (85.5%) were occupied. Of these, 65.8% were owner-occupied, and 34.2% were occupied by renters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plymouth 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=1600000US0657834 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=March 26, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Plymouth city, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P16?g=1600000US0657834 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=March 26, 2025}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{gnis|277579}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.cityofplymouth.org/}}
* [http://www.historichwy49.com/amador/plymouth.html Historic Hwy 49.com: Plymouth, California]

{{Amador County, California}}

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[[Category:Cities in Amador County, California]]
[[Category:Incorporated cities and towns in California]]
[[Category:Mining communities of the California Gold Rush]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1853]]
[[Category:1853 establishments in California]]