Kit Carson, California facts for kids

Coordinates: 38°40′15″N 120°06′49″W / 38.67083°N 120.11361°W / 38.67083; -120.11361

Kit Carson
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	California
County	Amador County
Elevation	7,287 ft (2,221 m)

Kit Carson is an unincorporated community in Amador County, California, United States. The town is named after famous explorer Kit Carson. It is located at the north end of Silver Lake in the Eldorado National Forest. It lies at an elevation of 7,287 feet (2,221 m). Kit Carson's first post office was established in 1951. It has the zip code of 95644.

Municipalities and communities of Amador County, California, United States

County seat: Jackson

Cities	Amador City Ione Jackson Plymouth Sutter Creek

CDPs	Buckhorn Buena Vista Camanche North Shore Camanche Village Drytown Fiddletown Kirkwood‡ Martell Pine Grove Pioneer Red Corral River Pines Volcano

Unincorporated communities	Allen Barton Bonnefoy Bunker Hill Carbondale Clarsona Clinton Dagon Edwin Electra Enterprise Firebrick Kit Carson New Chicago Pine Acres Plasse Ranch House Estates Scottsville Sunnybrook Sutter Hill

Ghost towns	Amador Crossing Arkansas Ferry Armstrong's Mill Butte City Camp O'pera Camp Union Cape Cod Bar Chaparral Hill China City Chinatown Copper Hill Defender Dew Drop Figtree Forest Home Fort Ann Fort John French Camp Hardenburg Herbertville Irishtown Lancha Plana Lignite Lower Rancheria Mahala Flat May Middle Bar Milligan District Old Rancheria Pokerville Pomegranate Ranlett Ritchey Secreta Snake Flat Tragedy Spring Union Flat Watkins Bar Wieland Yeomet Yusumne

Footnotes	‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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