Shingle Springs, California

History

Like many of the other towns in California's Mother Lode, Shingle Springs grew out of a camp set up by gold miners during the California Gold Rush - in this case, a group of "49ers" who'd followed the Carson-Emigrant Trail through Pleasant Valley, Nevada. The community took its name from a horse-drawn shingle machine capable of producing 16,000 shingles a day that was located near the springs at the western edge of the camp.

A rich store of written records preserved by Shingle Springs pioneers has left a detailed picture of the Gold Rush. For example, the Boston-Newton Joint Stock Association, which left Boston on April 16, 1849, camped there the night before their arrival at Sutter's Fort on September 27, after a remarkable journey across the continent. The "Shingle Spring" post office also operated from 1853 to 1855.

Before the area was settled by Anglo-Americans, a Maidu village called Bamom was located in the vicinity of modern-day Shingle Springs.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.2 sqmi, of which, over 99% is land.

For the 2000 census, the CDP had a total area of 5.2 sqmi, of which, 5.2 sqmi of it was land and 0.19% was water.

Demographics

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Shingle Springs first appeared as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S. census.

2020 census

The 2020 United States census reported that Shingle Springs had a population of 4,660. The population density was 568.4 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Shingle Springs was 81.4% White, 0.5% African American, 1.4% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 4.4% from other races, and 10.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.2% of the population.

The whole population lived in households. There were 1,727 households, out of which 27.5% included children under the age of 18, 60.5% were married-couple households, 4.7% were cohabiting couple households, 21.0% had a female householder with no partner present, and 13.8% had a male householder with no partner present. 21.9% of households were one person, and 13.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.7.

The age distribution was 20.9% under the age of 18, 7.1% aged 18 to 24, 18.6% aged 25 to 44, 28.3% aged 45 to 64, and 25.0% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 47.9years. For every 100 females, there were 92.0 males.

There were 1,791 housing units at an average density of 218.4 /mi2, of which 1,727 (96.4%) were occupied. Of these, 77.6% were owner-occupied, and 22.4% were occupied by renters.

Politics

In the state legislature, Shingle Springs is in ,{{Cite web |access-date=October 17, 2025 |access-date=October 17, 2025

Federally, Shingle Springs is in .

Education

The CDP is divided between two elementary school districts: Rescue Union Elementary School District and Buckeye Union Elementary School District. All of the CDP is in the El Dorado Union High School District.

The facility of Latrobe Elementary School District. has a mailing address of Shingle Springs, CA, while no portions of the Shingle Springs CDP are in the Latrobe school district.

Local schools:

• Buckeye Elementary School
• California Montessori Project
• Pleasant Grove Middle School
• Ponderosa High School
• Latrobe Elementary School
• Miller's Hill Middle School
• Rescue Elementary School

Climate

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Csa" (Mediterranean Climate).

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