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Lotus, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

38°48′06″N 120°54′31″W / 38.80167°N 120.90861°W / 38.80167; -120.90861

Unincorporated community in California, United States

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Coordinates: 38°48′06″N 120°54′31″W / 38.80167°N 120.90861°W / 38.80167; -120.90861CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyEl Dorado CountyElevation

^[1]

722 ft (220 m)Population

(2010)

• Total238ZIP code

95651^[2]

Area code530

Lotus (formerly, Marshall and Uniontown) is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States.^[1] It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Coloma,^[3] at an elevation of 722 feet (220 m).^[1]

The settlement was established in 1849 and named for James W. Marshall, discoverer of gold.^[3] In 1850, the name was changed to Uniontown to commemorate California's admission to the Union.^[3] The name was changed to Lotus with the arrival of the post office in 1881.^[3] Lotus once had a store, dance hall, and a large Chinese population, including a Chinese cemetery. At its peak, the town was estimated to have 8,000 to 10,000 residents; now it is overshadowed by its neighbor Coloma.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lotus, California
^ "Lotus ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 517. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
^ Anderson, Jim (February 12, 1978). "Lotus: A famous neighbor can give a whole town a complex". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. Retrieved December 26, 2023.