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Volcano is an unincorporated community in Amador County, California. The town sits at 2,200 feet above sea level and the current population is approximately 85. It is located at 38.4426 ° N 120.6316 ° W, just north of Pine Grove. The town is registered as California Historical Landmark #29. The town is named for its setting in a bowl-shaped valley which early miners thought was caused by a volcano. The early morning fog rising from the valley floor only reinforced that belief. The spot was discovered in 1848 by Colonel Stevenson's men, who mined Soldiers Gulch in 1849. In 1851 a post office was established and by April 1852 there were 300 houses. By 1853 the flats and gulches swarmed with men, and there were 11 stores, 6 hotels, 3 bakeries, and 3 saloons. Hydraulic mining operations, begun in 1855, brought thousands of fortune seekers to form a town of 17 hotels, a library, a theater, and courts of quick justice. During the Civil War, Volcano's gold served the Union ” Volcano Blues smuggled the cannon "Old Abe" to quell rebel sympathizers. The cannon was cast by Cyrus Alger & Co. in Boston in 1847 and is the first of two 6-pounders made on the same day to be stamped with serial number 4. The other cannon still survives at Shiloh Battlefield and is called "Shiloh Sam". Abe is the only cannon of that age in the U.S. still on a 19th. Century wooden carriage, and has had an interesting history all on its own. Featured Homes in Volcano, CA
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Price |
City, State |
Property Type |
Beds/Baths |
Sq.Ft. |
Miles |
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$445,000 |
Pine Grove, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
5.1 |
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$548,000 |
Pine Grove, CA |
Single Family |
3/2 |
1900 |
5.1 |
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$735,000 |
Sutter Creek, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
7.1 |
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$445,000 |
Sutter Creek, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
7.1 |
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$164,000 |
Wilseyville, CA |
Acreage/Land |
0/0 |
0 |
10.3 |
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$625,000 |
Jackson, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
10.4 |
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$398,000 |
Jackson, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
10.4 |
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$449,900 |
Jackson, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
10.4 |
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$379,500 |
Jackson, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
10.4 |
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$339,000 |
Jackson, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
10.4 |
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$459,000 |
Jackson, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
10.4 |
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$129,900 |
West Point, CA |
Acreage/Land |
0/0 |
0 |
10.6 |
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$495,000 |
Mokelumne Hill, CA |
Farm/Ranch |
1/1 |
900 |
12.1 |
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$519,000 |
Cameron Park, CA |
Single Family |
4/2 |
1984 |
12.8 |
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$305,000 |
Cameron Park, CA |
Condo/Townhome |
2/2 |
1400 |
12.8 |
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$485,000 |
Cameron Park, CA |
Single Family |
3/2 |
1645 |
12.8 |
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$369,900 |
Cameron Park, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
12.8 |
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$429,500 |
Cameron Park, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
12.8 |
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$385,000 |
Cameron Park, CA |
Condo/Townhome |
0/0 |
0 |
12.8 |
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$950,000 |
Shingle Springs, CA |
Single Family |
4/2 |
3300 |
12.8 |
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$650,000 |
Cameron Park, CA |
Single Family |
6/3 |
2600 |
12.8 |
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$299,000 |
Cameron Park, CA |
Acreage/Land |
0/0 |
0 |
12.8 |
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$492,500 |
Cameron Park, CA |
Single Family |
2/2 |
2010 |
12.8 |
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$379,000 |
Diamond Springs, CA |
Single Family |
3/2 |
1400 |
14.6 |
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$389,000 |
Diamond Springs, CA |
Single Family |
2/1 |
1000 |
14.6 |
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$449,999 |
Camino, CA |
Single Family |
3/2 |
1544 |
16.6 |
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$380,000 |
Camino, CA |
Single Family |
3/2 |
1450 |
16.6 |
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$469,500 |
Murphys, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
17.7 |
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$485,000 |
San Andreas, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
17.7 |
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$389,000 |
San Andreas, CA |
Single Family |
0/0 |
0 |
17.7 |
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