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A city of 3,716 people in California
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Conserved land0.8%18 of 2,316 acres
Trails1.6 mi0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves25 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Angels

City in California, United States
1848Established
3,836Population
3.6 sq miArea
1,378 ftElevation

Angels Camp (formerly Angel's Camp, Angels, Angels City, Carson's Creek and Clearlake), is the only incorporated city in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 3,667 at the 2020 census. It lies at an elevation of 1381 feet (421 m). Established in 1849, the town was a quartz mining destination in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Over $100 million was generated from mining activities. Black Bart, Joaquin Murieta, and other outlaws were said to have spent time in the town. Mark Twain based his short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" on a story he claimed to have heard at the Angels Hotel in 1865. The event is commemorated with a Jumpi…

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The public schools Angels’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 68% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

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