Smartsville, California
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Smartsville is a census-designated place in Yuba County, California, United States,[1] in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It is one of the many historic towns in California's gold country, and is today a California Historical Landmark.[2] Located at an altitude of Script error: No such module "convert"., Smartsville lies about Script error: No such module "convert". east-northeast of Marysville,[3] along State Route 20. The population was 177 at the 2010 census.
History
Smartsville is named for James Smart, a local hotel proprietor during the days of the Gold Rush. In the spring of 1856, Smart built a hotel.[3][4]
Extensive placer mining tailings remain throughout the area.
A post office was opened at Smartsville in 1865.[5] Due to a ruling by the U.S. Post Office Department (now the U.S. Postal Service), Smartsville became Smartville in 1909; this change was strengthened by a similar ruling by the United States Board on Geographic Names in 1947. In August 2008, after petitions from residents to restore the original name, the Board on Geographic Names ruled in favor of the form "Smartsville".[3][6][7] The town and name change were featured in an episode of California's Gold with Huell Howser.
The Smartville Cemetery is a historic cemetery.
Geology
Smartville gave its name to the Smartville Block, a co-extensive oceanic geologic terrane formed by plate tectonics in the western foothills of the central Sierra Nevada and west into the Central Valley. The presence of gold in the Mother Lode Gold Country was found to coincide with the suture line of the Smartville Block terrane and the North American Plate.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 0.7 square miles (1.9 km2), all of it land.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Smartsville has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.[8]
Demographics
The 2020 United States census reported that Smartsville had a population of 185. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of Smartsville was 145 (78.4%) White, 2 (1.1%) African American, 0 (0.0%) Native American, 9 (4.9%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 6 (3.2%) from other races, and 23 (12.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10 persons (5.4%).[9]
The whole population lived in households. There were 72 households, out of which 24 (33.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 43 (59.7%) were married-couple households, 6 (8.3%) were cohabiting couple households, 7 (9.7%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 16 (22.2%) had a male householder with no partner present. 12 households (16.7%) were one person, and 7 (9.7%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.57.[9] There were 53 families (73.6% of all households).[10]
The age distribution was 38 people (20.5%) under the age of 18, 15 people (8.1%) aged 18 to 24, 40 people (21.6%) aged 25 to 44, 63 people (34.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 29 people (15.7%) who were 65Script error: No such module "String".years of age or older. The median age was 44.8Script error: No such module "String".years. There were 93 males and 92 females.[9]
There were 72 housing units at an average density of Script error: No such module "convert"., which were all occupied, 62 (86.1%) by homeowners, and 10 (13.9%) by renters.[9]
See also
References
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