Mokelumne City (''Mokelumne'',

Miwok The Miwok (also spelled Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk) are members of four linguistically related Native American groups indigenous to what is now Northern California, who traditionally spoke one of the Miwok languages in the Utian family. The word ...

for "People of the Fish Net") is a

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San Joaquin County San Joaquin County (; Spanish: ''San Joaquín'', meaning " St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 779,233. The county seat is Stockton. San ...

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. Mokelumne, established in 1850, was the second largest town in San Joaquin County until it was destroyed by the floods of 1862. Mokelumne City arose as a rival trade centre to Stockton in 1850, near the mouth of the

Cosumnes River The Cosumnes River is a river in northern California in the United States. It rises on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada and flows approximately into the Central Valley, emptying into the Mokelumne River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Del ...

, at the confluence of the Cosumnes and

Mokelumne River The Mokelumne River ( or ; ''Mokelumne'', Miwok for "People of the Fish Net") is a -long river in northern California in the United States. The river flows west from a rugged portion of the central Sierra Nevada into the Central Valley and ul ...

s. Sloops built there ran direct to San Francisco. It rose to poll 172 votes, but the Great Flood of 1862 so ravaged the place that it never recovered. After the flood, a group of speculators led by an engineer named G.C. Holman, attempted to revive interest in the area with their plans of draining the Mokelumne River and reclaiming the land, as was done in the

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previously. The site of the former city is located about 14 miles north-west of

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. It is 200 feet north of the intersection of Cameron Road and Thornton Road, 3 miles north of

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References

External links

California Historical Landmarks in San Joaquin County, California Landmark 162, Mokelumne City Site

Former settlements in San Joaquin County, California Ghost towns in California Populated places established in 1850 1850 establishments in California {{SanJoaquinCountyCA-geo-stub