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Tuttletown, California
Tuttletown (formerly, Mormon Gulch and Tuttleville) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tuolumne County, California, Tuolumne County, California. It is located on California State Route 49, State Route 49 near the California Gold Rush, gold rush community of Columbia, California, Columbia. Tuttletown sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States census reported Tuttletown's population was 668. History Tuttletown is registered as a California Historical Landmark. The community was originally known as Mormon Gulch, because of a company of Mormons who began gold mining, mining gold there in 1848. Toward the end of the summer, however, Judge A. A. H. Tuttle settled at the place and built a log cabin. His tavern became the focal point of the village that became Tuttletown. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 7.4 square miles (19.1 km), 99.91% of it land and 0.09% of it water. Demographics The 2010 United States Census repor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing city (United States), cities, town (United States), towns, and village (United States), villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated area, unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, Edge city, edge cities, colonia (United States), colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement community, retirement communities and their environs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |