Sloughhouse, California
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, hotel and Stagecoach station, in the community in 1850, named the community after another building he had built nearby. The roadhouse was destroyed by a fire in 1890, but was rebuilt. The site is registered as a California Historical Landmark No. 575.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Sloughhouse has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sloughhouse, California
- ^ "Free ZIP Code Lookup with area code, county, geocode, MSA/PMSA, population". www.zipinfo.com.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 557. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ "Sloughhouse". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
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- ^ "Sloughhouse, California Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)". Weatherbase.