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About Amador County - Home of the Mother Lode
County Fair in Downtown Plymouth,Calif. 

Amador County covers 568 square miles ranging from gently rolling slopes in the west to rugged mountain terrain in the east. Elevations range from 200 to 9,000 feet.  

The county seat is the town of Jackson, incorporated in 1905. Other incorporated communities are Amador City, Ione, Plymouth and Sutter Creek. Key state highways through Amador County are Highways 49, stretching generally north-south, and Highway 88 running east-west.  

A scenic area with a rich Gold Rush History, Amador County is a favorite tourist destination. It is approximately 45 miles to the east of the cities of Sacramento and Stockton, and also draws tourists from San Francisco, 147 miles to the west, as well as Southern California. Other industries in the county include lumber, mining, and agriculture, including livestock and a booming wine industry.  

Amador City
One of California's smallest incorporated cities, Amador City boasts a population of 212. Located on HWY 49, the community was named for the miner Jose Maria Amador, who mined the creek in town in 1848-49. The city encompasses a total of 187 acres, with 30 zoned for residential, 9 for commercial and 3 institutional. There are 131 vacant acres in the city. Total budget of city government is approximately $200,000. The city has a fire rating of 5.  

Ione
Unlike other communities in Amador County, which were founded on gold mining, Ione was a supply center, stage and rail stop and agricultural hub. The population of the city itself is 2,667 and the city budget is approximately $1,400,000. The city covers 2,830 acres and has a fire insurance rating of 6.
Ione is an amazing little country town with a down home atmosphere. It is good to see the new general plan is working to keep the authenticity of the town with its historic buildings and shops with apts.above like the old days. Also welcoming in the new with a beautiful pro golf course, new fire dept. and many new growth related structures. Keeping the old with the new is their motto. Your can walk to school or shops, city hall or the park from your home town home.
 

Jackson
The largest city in the county, with a population of 3,877 - Jackson was founded as a gold rush camp in 1848. It was destroyed by fire in 1862 and rebuilt. Many of the existing historic Main Street structures date from that reconstruction era. The city of Jackson covers 1,940 acres, has a total city budget of $3,893,539 and a fire rating of 6. 

Plymouth
Located on the northern edge of the county on HWY 49 near the El Dorado County line, Plymouth is the site of the Amador County Fairgrounds and the annual county fair each July. It also features many grape stomping events with the local wineries and of course the Fiddlers Convention. The town was born in 1871. The Empire Store Building is one structure remaining from mining days, along with the Methodist Episcopal Church, the first in the region when it was founded in 1853. The community occupies one square mile, with a population of 832. The city's annual budget is $773,306 and the community has a fire rating of 6.  

Sutter Creek
The community is named for famed gold discoverer Capt. John Sutter, whose men found a small forest near there in 1844 overlooking a valley cut by a creek. The historic Main Street, with its original mining-era buildings, has in modern times become a Mecca for tourists who come to enjoy shopping for antiques and staying in the several bed and breakfast inns there. Sutter Creek covers 960 acres, with a population of 2,057. The city reports an annual budget of approximately $150,000 and has a fire rating of 6.  

Unincorporated Communities
The most rapid population growth in recent years has been in the unincorporated areas of Amador County, particularly in the "Upcountry" region in and around the communities of Pine Grove and Pioneer. A number of unincorporated towns with rich histories of their own dot the area. These include the communities of Drytown, Fiddletown, Pine Grove and Volcano
 

Welcome to Lodi, Cal.   Gateway to the California Delta
     Take a drive beyond the historic downtown core, and you will see one of the reasons why Lodi, CA is indeed someplace special. The shady streets are filled with the laughter of children playing in the parks and riding bikes in safe neighborhoods where you still know your neighbors.

Lodi is a community that has not joined the isolationism of modern urbanization. Lodi has a strong sense of community through people who live and work together in a great deal of harmony. We are ethnically diverse, which affords us opportunities to enjoy our rich cultural heritages.

This is the community that went door-to-door over 50 years ago to raise money to start a community hospital that superbly serves the community today.

This is the community that rescued its old fire- ravaged high school one fundraiser at a time. One pledged personal gift after another built a community complex that is second to none in the Central Valley. The facility, Hutchins Street Square, in addition to being the epicenter for the performing arts, galleries the 789-seat theater in Lodi, also serves youth through Camp Hutchins and serves the community's senior population. These daycare facilities are expertly managed, and provide a huge service to the citizenry.

Newcomers to Lodi often feel as if they have gone back in time to a place where civic pride and community spirit are very personal, and the warmth is felt and seen in the greetings of its residents.

Lodi is special because of its people. Lodi has been blessed with great residents. They are people of vision and foresight who strive to maintain a quality of life unequaled in the Central Valley. Besides being a great location nestled between sea and mountains, Lodi is presently enjoying a renaissance and the excitement is infectious.

Lodi is a modern city with a hometown feel. It remembers and celebrates its people and their contributions, which have made Lodi a community to envy. It is this heritage of pride that keeps Lodi a coveted place to live and raise families. Lodi will continue to improve and serve the needs of its people without sacrificing the quality of life we appreciate so much - it's simply "Lodi-Style."