Yeomet is a former settlement and mining town in Amador County

Amador County, California

Amador County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 38,091. The county seat is Jackson.Amador County bills itself as "The Heart of the Mother Lode" and lies within the Gold Country...

, California

California

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. It was at the confluence of Middle and North Forks of the Cosumnes River

Cosumnes River

The Cosumnes River is a river in northern California in the United States. It rises on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada and flows approximately into the Central Valley, emptying into the Mokelumne River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.-Name:...

, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Enterprise

Enterprise, Amador County, California

Enterprise is an unincorporated community in Amador County, California. It is located west-northwest of Fiddletown, on Big Indian Creek, at an elevation of 876 feet ....

. The name, reportedly Native American in origin meaning "rocky falls", reflects the rapids upstream from the place.

A post office operated at Yeomet from 1854 to 1861.