Calaveras County

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administrative division county

Calaveras County is a rural county in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills, known for its Gold Rush history, scenic landscapes, and annual frog-jumping contest made famous by Mark Twain.

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Calaveras County, California 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
county ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor Mark Twain ⓘ
bordersCounty Alpine County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Amador County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sacramento County NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Joaquin County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stanislaus County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tuolumne County NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Stanislaus National Forest ⓘ
surface form: Stanislaus National Forest (part)
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economySector agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
wine production ⓘ
FIPSCode 00609 ⓘ
GNISID 00277310 ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasAttraction Calaveras Big Trees State Park ⓘ
Mercer Caverns ⓘ
Moaning Cavern ⓘ
hasCountySeat San Andreas, California ⓘ
hasEvent Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee ⓘ
hasGoverningBody Calaveras County Board of Supervisors ⓘ
hasLawEnforcement Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Mokelumne River ⓘ
Stanislaus River ⓘ
hasTown Angels Camp ⓘ
surface form: Angels Camp, California

Arnold, California ⓘ
Copperopolis, California ⓘ
Murphys, California ⓘ
Valley Springs, California ⓘ
hasWineRegion Calaveras County wine region ⓘ
surface form: Calaveras County AVA
historicalEra California Gold Rush ⓘ
inspiredWork The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County ⓘ
isRural true ⓘ
knownFor Gold Rush history ⓘ
annual frog-jumping contest ⓘ
scenic landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn Northern California ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter calaveras (Spanish for skulls) ⓘ
partOfRegion Mother Lode region ⓘ
postalAbbreviation CA ⓘ
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tuolumne County → borderedBy → Calaveras County ⓘ
San Joaquin County → borders → Calaveras County ⓘ
Stanislaus County → borders → Calaveras County ⓘ
Stanislaus National Forest → locatedIn → Calaveras County ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calaveras County, California