Buck Meadows (formerly Hamilton's and Hamilton's Station) is a

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in Mariposa County,

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, United States. The community is located east-northeast of

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, at an elevation of . The population was 21 at the 2020 census. Buck Meadows lies just south of the Tuolumne County line. It is on State Route 120, east of Groveland. The ZIP Code for this community is shared with Groveland (95321), and wired telephones work out of Groveland's telephone exchange with numbers following the format ( 209) 962-xxxx. The area is named for Buck's Meadow which lies at the corner of SR120 and Smith Station Road. According to ''The Big Oak Flat Road'', a variant name for the area was Hamilton's Station. This may have referred to the name of a stagecoach stop. east of U.S.F.S. Buck Meadows Fire Station, "Rim of the World" overlooks the canyon containing the South Fork of the Tuolumne River.

History

Buck Meadows started as a stage stop called Hamilton's established by Alva Hamilton in the 1870s. A post office operated at Buck Meadows from 1915 to 1925.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP covers , all land.

Climate

According to the

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system, Buck Meadows has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.

Demographics

The 2010 United States census reported that Buck Meadows had a population of 31. The population density was . The racial makeup of Buck Meadows was 23 (74.2%)

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, no

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, no Native American, no Asian, no

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, 5 (16.1%) from other races, and 3 (9.7%) from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 7 persons (22.6%). The census reported that 100% of the population lived in households. There were 15 households, out of which 2 (13.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 6 (40.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, none had a female householder with no husband present, 1 (6.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were no unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and no same-sex married couples or partnerships. 8 households (53.3%) were made up of individuals, and 4 (26.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07. There were 7 families (46.7% of all households); the average family size was 3.29. The population was spread out, with 7 people (22.6%) under the age of 18, none aged 18 to 24, 9 people (29.0%) aged 25 to 44, 8 people (25.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 7 people (22.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.5 years. For every 10 females, there were 21 males. For every 1 female age 18 and over, there were 2 males. There were 37 housing units at an average density of , of which 4 (26.7%) were owner-occupied, and 11 (73.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 63.3%. 5 people (16.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 26 people (83.9%) lived in rental housing units.

Politics

(Update needed) In the state legislature Buck Meadows is located in the 14th

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District, represented by Republican Tom Berryhill, and in the 25th Assembly District, represented by Republican Kristin Olsen. In the

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, Buck Meadows is in .

References

Sources

* Map: "Jawbone Ridge, California," 7.5-minute quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey. * Map: "Stanislaus National Forest, California," U.S. Forest Service, 1979. * U.S. Bureau of the Census {{authority control Census-designated places in California Census-designated places in Mariposa County, California Populated places in the Sierra Nevada (United States)