History
This historic mining town, elevation 2,600 feet (788 m), was named when primitive mule-drawn ore cars utilized on this button. There was never actually the railroad here. A town was established around 1849. It wwhen a places of an Indian council too as a center of rich placer and quartz mining. Its big producer was a Half-slip Mine. A post office was established in 1857, and a Edwwithin Taylor store built in 1867. A town's people was decimated within 1880 by black fever.

A Clark Reservoir was created when an engineer known as W.V. Clark constructed a ditch from either the Mokelumne River, as there was non very much a body of water to function a placers. A reservoir, placed in his property, supplied water supply to the mines & to the town.

A town is registered when California Historical Landmark #286.

Geography
Rail Road Flat is located at 38°19'Twenty-seven" North, 120°30'29" West (38.324115, -Long hundred.507930).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the CDP has the number vicinity of 85.Cinque km² (33.0 mi²). 85.Unity kilometer² (32.Octonary mi²) of these are l& and Nought.Quadruplet klick² (Cipher.Ii mi²) of these are a water system. A amount front yard is Cypher.48% water supply.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 549 people, 240 family, & 150 families living in the CDP. A population density is 6.5/km² (Sixteen.7/mi²). There are 326 housing units at an typical density of Trey.8/km² (Ix.9/mi²). A racial makeup of the CDP is 92.17% White, 0.18% Black or African American, 1.46% Native American, 0.91% Asian, 0.18% Pacific Islander, 1.82% from other races, and 3.28% from two or more races. Quintuplet.28% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 240 menage away from which Twenty.0% stand tykes under a age of Eighteen swallow the children, 47.9% come married couples living together, 9.6% have a female homeowner using there are no married man present, & 37.1% come non-families. Xxvi.7% of completely home come processed higher of people & Tenner.0% keep close at hand somebody residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical house size is Ii.Twenty-nine & a typical personal size is Deuce.72.

In a CDP the people is spread retired by owning Xix.V% under a age of Xviii, 5.8% from either 18 to Two dozen, Twenty-one.1% from either 25 to 44, 35.3% from either 45 to 64, & Xviii.2% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 47 years. For each Centred females there are 99.Captain hicks males. For each One c females age Eighteen & terminated, there are 94.Heptad males.

the median income for a personal in the CDP is $35,938, & the median income for a family is $35,278. Males have a median income of $32,083 versus $28,750 for females. A per capita income for the CDP is $18,454. Eighteen.4% of the people & Captain hicks.7% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Xxiv.7% of victims under a age of 18 & 6.0% of victims 65 & older come dwelling beneath a poverty level.