Jesus Maria is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Calaveras County

Calaveras County, California

Calaveras County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California. Calaveras is the Spanish word for skulls; the county was reportedly named for the remains of Native Americans discovered by the Spanish explorer Captain Gabriel Moraga. As of the 2010 census, the county had a...

, California

California

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. It lies at an elevation of 1043 feet (318 m) and is located at 38°17′08"N 120°38′51"W. The community is in ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 95222 and area code 209

Area code 209

209 is the North American telephone area code for California that covers Stockton, Modesto, Turlock, Merced, Winton, Atwater, Livingston, Manteca, Ripon, Tracy, Lodi, Sonora, Los Banos, San Andreas, Mariposa, and Yosemite, as well as the northern San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Foothills...

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The community, the center of a large placer mining

Placer mining

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 section, was named for a Mexican

Mexico

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 who raised vegetables and melon

Melon

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s for the miners. It was settled in the early 1850s with a large population of Mexicans, French

France

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, Chile

Chile

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ans, and Italians

Italy

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. Now it is only populated by a few families who live together and work for common goals, including a large community garden, basketball

Basketball

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 court, jungle gym

Jungle gym

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 for children, and a windmill

Windmill

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 to pump water.

Jesus Maria is registered as California Historical Landmark

California Historical Landmark

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 #284.

Politics

In the state legislature

California State Legislature

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 Jesus Maria is located in the 1st Senate

California State Senate

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 District, represented by Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 Dave Cox

Dave Cox

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, and in the 25th Assembly

California State Assembly

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 District, represented by Republican Kristin Olsen

Kristin Olsen

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. Federally, Jesus Maria is located in California's 3rd congressional district

California's 3rd congressional district

California's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of California. It covers most of Sacramento County and part of Solano County, as well as all of Alpine, Amador and Calaveras counties...

, which has a Cook PVI

Cook Partisan Voting Index

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 of R +7 and is represented by Republican Dan Lungren

Dan Lungren

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