Mokelumne Hill (Calif.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
גבעת מוקלומנה (קליפורניה)
Name (Latin)
Mokelumne Hill (Calif.)
Other forms of name
nnaa Mokelumne Hill, Calif
Coordinates
-120.7063889 -120.7063889 38.30055556 38.30055556 (gooearth )
W1204223 W1204223 N0381802 N0381802 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 158262614
Wikidata: Q2403139
Library of congress: n 79041130
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 38°18ʹ02ʺN 120°42ʹ23ʺW)
  • Starling, L. Chronicles of Mokelumne Hill, c1978 (subj.)t.p. (Mokelumne Hill) p. 7 (Calaveras Co.)
  • Rand McNally comm. atlas,p. 134 (California: Mokelumne Hill)

Wikipedia description:

Mokelumne Hill (Mokelumne, Miwok for "People of the Fish Net") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 691 at the 2020 census, up from 646 at the 2010 census. It is commonly referred to as "Moke Hill" by locals. The town takes its name from the neighboring Mokelumne River, which in turn is Miwok for the "people of Mokel," the likely name of a Native American village in the area.

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