Weimar (formerly, "New England Mills" or "Weimer") is an

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, located in the Sacramento area. Weimar is located south-southwest of Colfax. As of 2010, its population is 209. Weimar has a campground in it, and also has access to the North Fork of the

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Education

Weimar Institute

The former Weimar Sanitorium, a Tuberculosis treatment hospital, is now

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, home to the NEWSTART Lifestyle Program. The Institute also includes Weimar College, and Weimar Academy, a

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for

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students, both associated with the

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. It is also home to the Weimar Hills Public School, which offers grades 4th through 8th.

Geography

By car, Weimar is about 80 minutes from

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and about one hour northeast of

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on east I-80. It is directly adjacent to

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stops at

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which is about 5 miles east on I-80 past Weimar. Weimar, California was originally named "New England Mills" and also formerly spelled "Weimer". The elevation is about 2300–2600 feet.

Climate

Weimar has a hot-summer

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(

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''Csa''). There are cool winters during which intense rainfall with occasional days of snow. It has hot, dry summers with no rainfall in July and August. Snow in Weimar occasionally falls due to its higher latitude, averaging per year, mostly in winter months. Average December temperatures are a maximum of and a minimum of . Average July temperatures are a maximum of and a minimum of . The record high temperature was . The record low temperature was . Average annual precipitation is . There are on average 77.9 days with measurable precipitation. Weimar's Köppen classification and climate similarities to locations such as

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and parts of

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make it a suitable region for growing wine

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s. Weimar and the surrounding areas of Placer County are home to over 20

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History

The Weimar post office opened in 1866. An explanation of the town's name comes from the Geisendorfer family; descendants of George Geisendorfer, founder of the town. George Geisendorfer was born in the area of

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. Many of the original inhabitants of Weimar (New England Mills) were also of German descent. Members of the town, and the Geisendorfer family, have testified that George Geisendorfer himself decided to rename the town “Weimar” when the post office rejected the original name of New England Mills. In April, 1919, in the wake of the end of World War I, a resolution was introduced in the

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to change the town's name to Argonne. The resolution was defeated after the local senator insisted the name was not German, but actually came from Weimah, a chief of the Grass Valley tribe of

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Native Americans, who had been hospitable to the area's first white settlers. The senator further stated that postal authorities had misspelled the name."'Argonne' Urged to Replace Name of Weimar, Ca.", San Francisco Examiner, 11 April 1919, p. 4

Demographics

Its ZIP code is 95736 and its

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. As of 2010, its population is 209.

References

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