Shingle Springs, California

Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Shingle Springs (formerly, Shingle Spring and Shingle)<ref name=CGN>Template:California's Geographic Names</ref> is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States. The population was 4,660 at the 2020 census, up from 4,432 at the 2010 census. It is located about Template:Convert from Sacramento in the Gold Country foothills and sits directly on Highway 50. The towns of Coloma and Placerville are less than Template:Convert away.

Shingle Springs is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, a federally recognized tribe of Maidu and Miwok people, are headquartered in Shingle Springs.<ref>"Member Tribes." Template:Webarchive California Rural Indian Health Board. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref>

History

Like many of the other towns in California's Mother Lode, Shingle Springs grew out of a camp set up by gold miners during the California Gold Rush - in this case, a group of "49ers" who'd followed the Carson-Emigrant Trail through Pleasant Valley, Nevada. The community took its name from a horse-drawn shingle machine capable of producing 16,000 shingles a day that was located near the springs at the western edge of the camp.<ref>"Shingle Springs – A Gold Rush Mining Camp Turns Rail Town" Template:Webarchive by Anthony Belli; retrieved June 5, 2007</ref>

A rich store of written records preserved by Shingle Springs pioneers has left a detailed picture of the Gold Rush. For example, the Boston-Newton Joint Stock Association, which left Boston on April 16, 1849, camped there the night before their arrival at Sutter's Fort on September 27, after a remarkable journey across the continent.Template:Citation needed The "Shingle Spring" post office also operated from 1853 to 1855.<ref name=CGN /> The "Shingle Springs" post office opened in 1865. The office's name was changed to "Shingle" in 1895, and reverted in 1955.<ref name=CGN /> As a result, the town is now designated California Historical Landmark #456.<ref name=CHL>Template:Cite ohp</ref>

Before the area was settled by Anglo-Americans, a Maidu village called Bamom was located in the vicinity of modern-day Shingle Springs.<ref name=gnis>Template:Gnis</ref>

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which, over 99% is land.

For the 2000 census, the CDP had a total area of Template:Convert, of which, Template:Convert of it was land and 0.19% was water.

Demographics

Shingle Springs first appeared as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S. census.<ref name=1980CensusCA/>

The 2020 United States census reported that Shingle Springs had a population of 4,660. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Shingle Springs was 81.4% White, 0.5% African American, 1.4% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 4.4% from other races, and 10.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.2% of the population.<ref name=DP1>Template:Cite web</ref>

The whole population lived in households. There were 1,727 households, out of which 27.5% included children under the age of 18, 60.5% were married-couple households, 4.7% were cohabiting couple households, 21.0% had a female householder with no partner present, and 13.8% had a male householder with no partner present. 21.9% of households were one person, and 13.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.7.<ref name=DP1/> There were 1,248 families (72.3% of all households).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The age distribution was 20.9% under the age of 18, 7.1% aged 18 to 24, 18.6% aged 25 to 44, 28.3% aged 45 to 64, and 25.0% who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 47.9Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 92.0 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 1,791 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 1,727 (96.4%) were occupied. Of these, 77.6% were owner-occupied, and 22.4% were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>

Politics

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Federally, Shingle Springs is in Template:Representative.<ref>Template:Cite GovTrack</ref>

Education

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California Governor Gavin Newsom visiting Blue Oak Elementary in Shingle Springs in 2019.

The CDP is divided between two elementary school districts: Rescue Union Elementary School District and Buckeye Union Elementary School District. All of the CDP is in the El Dorado Union High School District.<ref name=2020SDMapCensus>Template:Cite map - Text list</ref>

The facility of Latrobe Elementary School District. has a mailing address of Shingle Springs, CA,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> while no portions of the Shingle Springs CDP are in the Latrobe school district.

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• Buckeye Elementary School
• California Montessori Project
• Pleasant Grove Middle School
• Ponderosa High School
• Latrobe Elementary School
• Miller's Hill Middle School
• Rescue Elementary School

Climate

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Csa" (Mediterranean Climate).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>