Melones, California facts for kids

For the existing town formerly called Melones, see Carson Hill, California.

Quick facts for kids Melones
Former settlement
Country	United States
State	California
County	Calaveras County
Elevation	955 ft (291 m)

Melones (also, Robinsons Ferry and Robinson's) is a former settlement in Calaveras County, California, now submerged beneath a reservoir named New Melones Lake. It lay at an elevation of 955 feet (291 m). Melones was founded on the site of a ferry operated in 1848 by John W. Robinson and Stephen Mead. The town initially took its name from the ferry.

The first post office opened in Robinsons Ferry in 1879, the name was changed to Robinson's in 1895, and to Melones in 1902. The post office was closed in 1932, re-established in 1933 and closed for good in 1942.

In January 1923 Paramount Pictures chose Melones to construct a complete 1849 mining camp set there for the motion picture The Covered Wagon. The studio sent an authentic Sierra Railroad train built in 1897 to the location via the Angels Branch line to Melones.

Coordinates: 38°00′45″N 120°29′55″W / 38.0125°N 120.49861°W / 38.0125; -120.49861

Municipalities and communities of Calaveras County, California, United States

County seat: San Andreas

City	Angels Camp

CDPs	Arnold Avery Copperopolis Dorrington Forest Meadows Mokelumne Hill Mountain Ranch Murphys Rail Road Flat Rancho Calaveras San Andreas Vallecito Valley Springs Wallace West Point

Unincorporated communities	Alabama Hill Big Bar Big Meadow Big Trees Big Trees Village Big Valley Blue Lake Junction Blue Lake Springs Bummerville Burson Calaveritas Camp Connell Camp Pardee Campo Seco Canyon View Carmen City Cave City Cedar Vista Copper Cove Subdivision Copper Cove Village Cottage Springs Douds Landing Douglas Flat Ebbetts Pass Highlands Felix Fisher Place Fly-In Acres Fort Jones Fourth Crossing Fuchs Ganns Glencoe Goodmans Corner Grizzly Ridge Hams Hanford Hill Happy Valley Hathaway Pines Hathaways Mountain Pines Independence Indian Creek Indian Hills Jenny Lind Jesus Maria La Honda Park Lake Camanche Ranches Lakemont Pines Lakeside Terrace Lilac Park Lombardi Lost City Lynn Park Acres Manuel Mill McKay Meadowmont Milton Mother Lode Acres Mountain Ranch Subdivision Mountain Retreat Mumbert Acres Oak Grove Oak Park Estates Paloma Pinebrook Ponderosa Park Porter Quail Oaks Red Apple Rich Gulch Rocky Hill Sandoz Sandy Gulch Scenic Valley Ranchos Sheep Ranch Sherman Acres Skyhigh Snowshoe Springs South Camanche Shore Sunset Point Tamarack Tamarack Springs Telegraph City The Shores of Poker Flat Timber Trails Toyanza Subdivision Toyon White Pines Wilseyville Wyldewood

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