Lotus, California

Lotus
Lotus
Unincorporated community
	Lotus Location in California Lotus Lotus (the United States)
	Coordinates: 38°48′06″N 120°54′31″W / 38.80167°N 120.90861°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	El Dorado County
Elevation	722 ft (220 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	238
ZIP code	95651
Area code	530

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

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.

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[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lotus, California

[2] "Lotus ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.

[CGN-3] 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.

[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.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of El Dorado County, California, United States
County seat: Placerville
Cities	Placerville South Lake Tahoe	El Dorado County map
CDPs	Auburn Lake Trails Cameron Park Camino Cold Springs Coloma Diamond Springs El Dorado Hills Georgetown Grizzly Flats Meyers Pollock Pines Shingle Springs Tahoma‡
Unincorporated communities	Camp Richardson Clarksville Cool Echo Lake El Dorado Fair Play Fallen Leaf Frenchtown Fresh Pond Garden Valley Gold Hill Greenwood Kelsey Kyburz Latrobe Little Norway Lotus Meeks Bay Mount Aukum Nashville Newtown Omo Ranch Outingdale Pacific Phillips Pilot Hill Pino Grande Pleasant Valley Quintette Rescue Riverton Sciots Camp Sierra Springs Sly Park Smithflat Somerset Strawberry Twin Bridges Volcanoville White Hall
Former settlements	Buckeye Flat Caldor Green Valley Higgins Point Indak Jayhawk Powningville Rubicon Rubicon Springs Salmon Falls Wentworth Springs Yalisumni
Footnotes	‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Lotus
Unincorporated community
Lotus Location in California Show map of California Lotus Lotus (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 38°48′06″N 120°54′31″W / 38.80167°N 120.90861°W / 38.80167; -120.90861
Country	United States
State	California
County	El Dorado County
Elevation ^[1]	722 ft (220 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	238
ZIP code	95651^[2]
Area code	530