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24-611: Camptonville (formerly Comptonville and Gold Ridge ) is a small town and census-designated place (CDP) located in northeastern Yuba County , California . The town is located 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Marysville , off Highway 49 between Downieville and Nevada City . It is located on a ridge between the North Fork and Middle Fork of the Yuba River , not far from New Bullards Bar Dam Reservoir. Camptonville lies at an elevation of 2825 feet (861 m). The population

48-421: A CDP have no legal status and may not always correspond with the local understanding of the area or community with the same name. However, criteria established for the 2010 census require that a CDP name "be one that is recognized and used in daily communication by the residents of the community" (not "a name developed solely for planning or other purposes") and recommend that a CDP's boundaries be mapped based on

72-430: A population of 158. The population density was 180.8 inhabitants per square mile (69.8/km). The racial makeup of Camptonville was 117 (74.1%) White , 0 (0.0%) African American , 15 (9.5%) Native American , 2 (1.3%) Asian , 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander , 4 (2.5%) from other races , and 20 (12.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5 persons (3.2%). The Census reported that 158 people (100% of

96-461: A population of at least 10,000. For the 1970 Census , the population threshold for "unincorporated places" in urbanized areas was reduced to 5,000. For the 1980 Census , the designation was changed to "census designated places" and the designation was made available for places inside urbanized areas in New England. For the 1990 Census , the population threshold for CDPs in urbanized areas

120-482: Is defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as "a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder ) related by birth, marriage, or adoption, and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family." A family household is more inclusive, consisting of "a household maintained by a householder who

144-654: The 1890 Census , in which the Census mixed unincorporated places with incorporated places in its products with "town" or "village" as its label. This made it confusing to determine which of the "towns" were or were not incorporated. The 1900 through 1930 Censuses did not report data for unincorporated places. For the 1940 Census , the Census Bureau compiled a separate report of unofficial, unincorporated communities of 500 or more people. The Census Bureau officially defined this category as "unincorporated places" in

168-461: The 1950 Census and used that term through the 1970 Census. For the 1950 Census, these types of places were identified only outside " urbanized areas ". In 1960 , the Census Bureau also identified unincorporated places inside urbanized areas (except in New England , whose political geography is based on the New England town , and is distinctly different from other areas of the U.S.), but with

192-526: The Mexico–United States border , and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs. The boundaries of any CDP may change from decade to decade, and the Census Bureau may de-establish a CDP after a period of study, then re-establish it some decades later. Most unincorporated areas within the United States are not and have not been included in any CDP. The boundaries of

216-594: The Sierra Nevada via Henness Pass in the 1850s and 1860s. A plaque in Camptonville says the roaring town had over fifty saloons had brothels and even a bowling alley at one time. However, by 1863 William H. Brewer passed through Camptonville and described it in his journal as follows: September 10 we started on our way--first to Nevada [City] , a few miles, a fine town in a rich mining region, then to San Juan North (there are several other San Juans in

240-457: The Census Bureau considers some towns in New England states, New Jersey and New York as well as townships in some other states as MCDs, even though they are incorporated municipalities in those states. In such states, CDPs may be defined within such towns or spanning the boundaries of multiple towns. There are a number of reasons for the CDP designation: Family (U.S. Census) A family

264-654: The Tahoe National Forest, which is also the headquarters of the Tahoe Hotshots fire crew. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP covers an area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km), all of it land. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Camptonville has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate , abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. The 2010 United States Census reported that Camptonville had

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288-624: The area waned, the local economy depended on the timber industry. When Sierra Mountain Mills closed in 1994 putting 75 people out of work, many people moved away. Today the town includes a post office, Camptonville Elementary School; a monument to the Pelton wheel , the inventor of which lived here in the 1860s; and the original Mayo Saloon, currently home to a restaurant and bar, and the Yuba River Ranger District Office of

312-484: The boundaries for CDPs. The PSAP was to be offered to county and municipal planning agencies during 2008. The boundaries of such places may be defined in cooperation with local or tribal officials, but are not fixed, and do not affect the status of local government or incorporation; the territories thus defined are strictly statistical entities. CDP boundaries may change from one census to the next to reflect changes in settlement patterns. Further, as statistical entities,

336-419: The boundaries of the CDP may not correspond with local understanding of the area with the same name. Recognized communities may be divided into two or more CDPs while on the other hand, two or more communities may be combined into one CDP. A CDP may also cover the unincorporated part of a named community, where the rest lies within an incorporated place. By defining an area as a CDP, that locality then appears in

360-518: The counterparts of incorporated places , such as self-governing cities , towns , and villages , for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, edge cities , colonias located along

384-788: The geographic extent associated with inhabitants' regular use of the named place. There is no provision, however, that this name recognition be unanimous for all residents, or that all residents use the community for which the CDP is named for services provided therein. There is no mandatory correlation between CDP names or boundaries and those established for other human purposes, such as post office names or zones, political precincts, or school districts. The Census Bureau states that census-designated places are not considered incorporated places and that it includes only census-designated places in its city population list for Hawaii because that state has no incorporated cities. In addition, census city lists from 2007 included Arlington County, Virginia 's CDP in

408-556: The list with the incorporated places, but since 2010, only the Urban Honolulu CDP, Hawaii, representing the historic core of Honolulu, Hawaii , is shown in the city and town estimates. The Census Bureau reported data for some unincorporated places as early as the first census in 1790 (for example, Louisville, Kentucky , which was not legally incorporated in Kentucky until 1828), though usage continued to develop through

432-614: The population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 70 households, out of which 22 (31.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 30 (42.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 7 (10.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 5 (7.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 8 (11.4%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 0 (0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 24 households (34.3%) were made up of individuals, and 8 (11.4%) had someone living alone who

456-457: The same category of census data as incorporated places. This distinguishes CDPs from other census classifications, such as minor civil divisions (MCDs), which are in a separate category. The population and demographics of the CDP are included in the data of county subdivisions containing the CDP. Generally, a CDP shall not be defined within the boundaries of what the Census Bureau regards to be an incorporated city, village or borough. However,

480-423: The state), then to Camptonville, a miserable, dilapidated town, but very picturesquely located, with immense hydraulic diggings about. The amount of soil sluiced away in this way seems incredible. Bluffs sixty to a hundred feet thick have been washed away for hundreds of acres together. But they were not rich, the gold has “stopped,” the town is dilapidated--but we had to pay big prices nevertheless. As gold mining in

504-477: Was 158 at the 2010 census. Gold was discovered here in 1850, and the place became known as Gold Ridge. The name was changed to Camptonville in 1854 when the first post office opened. The name honors Robert Campton, the town blacksmith. It was a significant community in the California Gold Rush era and a stopping point for travelers and freight haulers along Henness Pass Road , a major route over

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528-592: Was 44.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males. There were 81 housing units at an average density of 92.7 per square mile (35.8/km), of which 39 (55.7%) were owner-occupied, and 31 (44.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.8%. 86 people (54.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 72 people (45.6%) lived in rental housing units. Census-designated place CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as

552-401: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26. There were 42 families (60.0% of all households); the average family size was 2.86. The population was spread out, with 36 people (22.8%) under the age of 18, 10 people (6.3%) aged 18 to 24, 36 people (22.8%) aged 25 to 44, 53 people (33.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 23 people (14.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

576-481: Was reduced to 2,500. From 1950 through 1990, the Census Bureau specified other population requirements for unincorporated places or CDPs in Alaska , Puerto Rico , island areas, and Native American reservations . Minimum population criteria for CDPs were dropped with the 2000 Census . The Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) allows designated participants to review and suggest modifications to

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