Washington (originally, Indiana Camp)

The ZIP Code is 95986. The community is inside area code 530.

History

The place was founded in 1849 by miners from Indiana and was originally named Indiana Camp. The Washington post office opened in 1862.<br>2010

The 2020 United States census reported that Washington had a population of 101. The population density was . The racial makeup was 97 (96.0%) White, and 4 (4.0%) Native American. No residents were Hispanic or Latino.

There were 53 households, out of which 14 (26.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 13 (24.5%) were married-couple households, 3 (5.7%) were cohabiting couple households, 18 (34.0%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 19 (35.8%) had a male householder with no partner present. 26 households (49.1%) were one person, and 17 (32.1%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.91.

The age distribution was 10 people (9.9%) under the age of 18, 1 person (1.0%) aged 18 to 24, 23 people (22.8%) aged 25 to 44, 25 people (24.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 42 people (41.6%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 59.9years. There were 57 males and 44 females. and .

Federally, Washington is in .

Education

It is in the Twin Ridges Elementary School District<!--ELM 00012--> and the Nevada Joint Union High School District<!--SEC 26880-->.

Notable townspeople

  • Alice Fong Yu

References

  • Slater, Robert I. and Grace I. Slater, "Historical Notes Of The Early Washington, Nevada County, California Mining District."