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Calaveras County

county in California, United States
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Summary

Calaveras County is a county of California[1]. It draws 952 Wikipedia views per month (county of california category, ranking #38 of 58).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: San Andreas[5]
  • Shares border with: Amador County[6], Stanislaus County[7], San Joaquin County[8], Tuolumne County[9], Alpine County[10]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: San Andreas[11]
  • Commons category: Calaveras County, California[12]
  • Inception: 1850[13]
  • Coordinate location: 38.21, -120.55[14]
  • Authority: County of Calaveras[15]
  • Official website: https://www.calaverasgov.us/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Calaveras County, California[17]
  • Population: 45,578[18], 45,472[19], 45,118[20], 44,731[21], 44,515[22], 44,828[23], 45,117[24], 45,905[25], 45,292[26]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Calaveras County, California[28]
  • Category for people born here: Q13335233[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Q124398906[30]
  • Number of households: 16,958[31]
  • Native label: Calaveras County[32]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107878[33]
  • Area: 2685[34]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.64[35]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Calaveras County, California[36]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Central Sierra[37]
  • Per capita income: 33,027[38]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Calaveras County include calaverite[39], a mineral species[40].

Why It Matters

Calaveras County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for it include calaverite[39], a mineral species[40].

Related Entities

California United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Calaveras County, C
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Calaveras County, California.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presi"
  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → California
    Obo gazetteer id → 22224615
    Instance of → —
    Capital → San Andreas
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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