Chinese Camp, CA

Chinese Camp is a census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California, United States. The 2020 census counted 90 residents. Chinese Camp lies in the grassy foothills of the Sierra Nevada near the southern end of California's Gold Country. Chinese Camp is California Historical Landmark #423, since 1949. Chinese Camp's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider California setting. The local scoop is how Chinese Camp's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Chinese Camp is the remnant of a notable California Gold Rush mining town. Between 1849 and 1882, thousands of Chinese immigrants arrived in the area to look for good fortune on the legendary "Gold Mountain". Chinese Camp is home to an estimated 5,000 Chinese.