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1659815, 2411930. Website. www .sonoraca .com. Sonora is the county seat of Tuolumne County, California, United States. Founded during the California Gold Rush by Mexican miners from Sonora (after which the city is named), the city population was 5,121 during the 2020 Census, an increase from the 4,903 counted during the 2010 Census. [ 4 ...
Tuolumne County (/ t u ˈ ɒ l əm i / ⓘ), officially the County of Tuolumne, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,620. [6] The county seat and only incorporated city is Sonora. [7] Tuolumne County comprises the Sonora, CA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The county is in the Sierra ...
Sonora Pass (el. 9,624 ft. / 2,933 m.) is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada in California. It is the second-highest pass with a road in California and in the Sierra Nevada. [2] It is 321 feet (98 m) lower than Tioga Pass to the south. [3] State Route 108 traverses the pass, as does the Pacific Crest Trail.
The Trincheras tradition is dated to between 750 and 1450 CE and mostly known from sites in the Altar, Magdalena, and Concepción valleys, but its range extended from the Gulf of California into northern Sonora. The tradition is named after trenches found in a number of sites, the best known of which is the Cerro de Trincheras.
Unconstructed. Deleted. Freeways. ← SR 107. → SR 109. State Route 108 ( SR 108) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs from the Central Valley and across the Sierra Nevada via the Sonora Pass. It generally runs northeast from downtown Modesto near the SR 99 / SR 132 interchange, to U.S. Route 395 near the Nevada state ...
The suffix -umne, which appears in the names of two other California rivers, the Mokelumne and Cosumnes, is thought to have meant "place of" or "people of" in the native language. The Tuolumne River was the scene of significant gold mining activity during the California Gold Rush. The first known discovery of gold in the area was made by ...
State Route 49 Golden Chain Highway SR 49 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by Caltrans Length 295.065 mi (474.861 km) SR 49 has three route breaks, and the length given above does not include the SR 120, SR 20, and SR 89 overlap mileages. Existed 1934–present Tourist routes Yuba-Donner Scenic Byway Major junctions South end SR 41 at Oakhurst Major intersections SR 140 at ...
Cherry Lake. / 38.0013; -119.9046. Cherry Lake (also known as Lake Lloyd) is an artificial lake in the Stanislaus National Forest of Tuolumne County, California, U.S.A., about 25 miles (40 km) east of the city of Sonora. It is at an elevation of 4,700 feet (1,433 m) on the western side of the Sierra Nevada, and lies just outside the western ...