Manhole Covers of Sutter Creek, California

Created 6 July 2006

This page was last updated on 23 November 2008
All photos copyrighted by David L. Magney 2006

This is a study of manhole covers from Sutter Creek, Amador County, California.

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Manhole Covers of Sutter Creek, Amador County, California

Sutter Creek is a small rural mining community in the northwestern Amador County in the Sierra Nevada foothills, at an average elevation of 1,188 feet above sea level.   Sutter Creek was a Gold Rush town ("Jewel of the Mother Lode"), named after John Augustus Sutter, a wealthy Swiss pioneer who mined in the region.   Sutter Creek was founded in the late 1840s as a lumber camp and later a mining camp.   It was incorporated in September 1854.   Sutter Creek currently has a population of about 2,303 people (2000).   Sutter Creek citizens are composed of 91.5% Caucasians, 5.8% Hispanics, 1.3% Native American, and 1% Asians.

Sutter Creek has grown in the last 20 years, primarily as a tourist town, with some residents commuting to Stockton and Sacramento.   The median household income for Sutter Creek residents is $47,000 and the per capita income is $23,100.

Two highways pass through Sutter Creek, State Routes 49 and 102.   The average commute time for working Sutter Creek residents is 22 minutes, indicating that a large percentage works a short distance from town.   Sutter Creek passes through town.   Additional information about Sutter Creek can be found at Sutter Creek Info and at the Official Sutter Creek site.



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