Sloughhouse, California | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 38°29′45″N 121°11′38″W / 38.49583°N 121.19389°WCoordinates: 38°29′45″N 121°11′38″W / 38.49583°N 121.19389°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Sacramento |
Elevation | 102 ft (31 m) |
Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
• Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
ZIP code | 95683 |
Area code(s) | 916 |
GNIS feature ID | 1659683 |
Reference no. | 575 |
Sloughhouse is an unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, United States. Sloughhouse is located on California State Route 16 17 miles (27 km) east-southeast of downtown Sacramento. Sloughhouse has a post office with ZIP code 95683, which was established in 1916. Jared Sheldon, who built a roadhouse in the community in the 1850s, named the community after another building he had built nearby. The site is registered as a California Historical Landmark.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Sloughhouse has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.