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Melones
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Former settlement
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Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Calaveras County |
Elevation | 955 ft (291 m) |
Melones (Spanish for "Melons") 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 from 1848 by John W. Robinson and Stephen Mead. The town initially took its name from the ferry.
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