Page Contents for Angels, California

Statistics & Facts

Location

History & History-related items

City Attractions

Government

Miscellany

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Statistics & Facts

The California state capital is Sacramento.
The population of Angels is approximately 3,004 (2000), 3836 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 1,159 (1990), 1645 (2010).
The amount of land area in Angels is 5.385 sq. kilometers.
The amount of land area in Angels is 3.0 sq. miles.
The amount of surface water is 0 sq kilometers.
The distance from Angels to Washington DC is 2469 miles.
The distance to the California state capital is 59 miles. (as the crow flies)
Angels is positioned 38.07 degrees north of the equator and 120.54 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Angels median income is $ 33,371 (2000).
The Angels median home price is $ 146,400 (2000).

Location

in central California about 42 miles from Modesto and about 52 miles from Stockton. Other nearby communities include Vallecito, Murphys, Columbia, Copperopolis, San Andreas, Forest Meadows, Mountain Ranch and Jamestown.
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History & History Related Items

Named for Henry or George Angel, local residents, Angels was created in 1848 and benefited from the gold rush. The town actually mostly burned down in 1855. When re-building occurred, more permanent buildings were erected. Gradually, the mines were closed until the last, the Gold Cliff shaft of the Utica Mining Company, closed in 1942.

Here is a history page for Angels.
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Attractions

Angels is known as City of Angels and also as Angels Camp.

The Jumping Frog Jubilee held each year at the Calaveras County Fairground. Read this history of the Jumping Frogs in Angels.

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Angels City Government

City of Angels Camp
P. O. Box 667
584 South Main Street
Angels Camp, CA 95222
Phone: 209-736-2181 FAX: 209-736-0709 Angels

Miscellany

The population of Angels was:
1990 - 2,409
2000 - 3,004