Kirkwood, California
| Kirkwood | |
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| census-designated place | |
 Location in Alpine County and the state of California |
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 Kirkwood
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| Coordinates: 38°42′10″N 120°04′22″W / 38.70278°N 120.07278°WCoordinates: 38°42′10″N 120°04′22″W / 38.70278°N 120.07278°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| Counties | Alpine & Amador and El Dorado |
| Government | |
| • State Senate |
Ted Gaines (R) and Tom Berryhill (R) |
| • State Assembly | Frank Bigelow (R) |
| • U. S. Congress | (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.334 sq mi (13.815 km2) |
| • Land | 4.359 sq mi (11.290 km2) |
| • Water | 0.975 sq mi (2.525 km2) 18.28% |
| Elevation | 7,690 ft (2,344 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 158 |
| • Density | 30/sq mi (11/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 95646 |
| Area code(s) | 209 |
| FIPS code | 06-38646 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 262202, 2408489 |
Kirkwood (formerly, Kirk, Kirkwood's, and Roundtop) is a census-designated place in Alpine and Amador counties, California, United States. The population was 158 at the 2010 census. Kirkwood's main attraction is the Kirkwood Mountain Resort. The town is accessible by State Route 88. Kirkwood is within the Eldorado National Forest.
Zack Kirkwood, a cattle rancher who had settled in the area, opened an inn, named Kirkwood's, in 1863 with the opening of the Amador/Nevada Wagon Toll Road, the primary route through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The following year, Alpine County was created and the redrawing of the county borders placed the inn at the convergence of Alpine, El Dorado, and Amador counties (the borders were later changed so the inn is no longer in El Dorado County, but the original signpost marking the intersection of the three is still in the building). Eventually, the inn became a fashionable summer resort.
After Zack's death, the inn stayed in the family and continued to operate until 1966, when it was sold to an investment group, who then converted it into the present-day Kirkwood Mountain Resort.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.3 square miles (14 km2), of which 4.4 square miles (11 km2) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) (18.28%) is water.
Area has a Köppen Climate Classification of Csb, which is a dry-summer subtropical climate often referred to as "Mediterranean".
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