Amador County, California
| Amador County, California | |||
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| County of Amador | |||
The Amador County foothills in April 2007
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| Nickname(s): "The Heart of the Mother Lode" | |||
 Location in the state of California |
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 California's location in the United States |
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| Country |  United States of America |
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| Region | Sierra Nevada | ||
| Incorporated | May 1, 1854 | ||
| County seat | Jackson | ||
| Largest city | Ione (population and area) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 606 sq mi (1,570 km2) | ||
| • Land | 595 sq mi (1,540 km2) | ||
| • Water | 11.4 sq mi (30 km2) | ||
| Highest elevation | 9,414 ft (2,869 m) | ||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||
| • Total | 38,091 | ||
| • Estimate (2015) | 37,001 | ||
| • Density | 63/sq mi (24/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Pacific Time Zone (UTC-8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7) | ||
| Area code | 209 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-005 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 1675841 | ||
| Website | www |
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Amador County, officially the County of Amador, is a county in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 38,091. The county seat is Jackson.
Amador County bills itself as "The Heart of the Mother Lode" and lies within the Gold Country. There is a substantial viticultural industry in the county.
Amador County was created by the California Legislature on May 11, 1854. The county later split into Amador, Calaveras, and El Dorado Counties. It was organized on July 3, 1854. In 1864, part of the county's territory was given to Alpine County.
The county is named for José María Amador, a soldier, rancher, and miner, born in San Francisco in 1794, the son of Sergeant Pedro Amador (a Spanish soldier who settled in California in 1771) and younger brother to Sinforosa Amador.
In 1848, Jose Maria Amador, with several Native Americans, established a successful gold mining camp near the present town of Amador City. In Spanish, the word amador means "one who loves". Some of the Mother Lode's most successful gold mines were located in Amador County, including the Kennedy, Argonaut, and Keystone.
"The Luck of Roaring Camp" is a short story by American author Bret Harte. It was first published in the August 1868 issue of the Overland Monthly and helped push Harte to international prominence. Harte lived in this area during his "Gold Rush" period, and possibly based the story in a mining camp on the Mokelumne River.
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