Shingle Springs

Shingle Springs (formerly, Shingle Spring and Shingle) is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States. The population was 4,432 at the 2010 census, up from 2,643 at the 2000 census. It is located about from Sacramento in the Gold Country foothills and sits directly on Highway 50. The towns of Coloma and Placerville are less than 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.

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.

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. The "Shingle Spring" post office also operated from 1853 to 1855. The "Shingle Springs" post office opened in 1865. The office's name was changed to "Shingle" in 1895, and reverted in 1955. As a result, the town is now designated California Historical Landmark #456.

Of particular interest is the fact that, before the area was settled by Anglo-Americans, a Maidu village called Bamom was located in the vicinity of modern-day Shingle Springs.

Geography

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

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

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Shingle Springs had a population of 4,660. The population density was . 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.

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. There were 1,248 families (72.3% of all households).

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 65years of age or older. The median age was 47.9years. For every 100 females, there were 92.0 males.

There were 1,791 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,727 (96.4%) were occupied. Of these, 77.6% were owner-occupied, and 22.4% were occupied by renters.

Politics

In the state legislature, Shingle Springs is in , and .

Federally, Shingle Springs is in .

Local schools

* 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).

References

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Census-designated places in El Dorado County, California
California Historical Landmarks
Mining communities of the California Gold Rush
Populated places established in 1849
1849 establishments in California
Census-designated places in California