Elizabeth Lake, California
Elizabeth Lake, California | ||
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FIPS code 06-21964 | | |
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elizabeth Lake, California |
Elizabeth Lake is a
Geography
The community of Elizabeth Lake borders the
Elizabeth Lake and Hughes Lake are in canyons along the San Andreas Fault.[4] Both lakes dry up periodically depending on rainfall cycles.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.5 square miles (16.9 km2), over 95% of which is land.[3]
History
Known then as "La Laguna de Chico Lopez", Elizabeth Lake was a watering locale on Spanish colonial and Mexican El Camino Viejo in Alta California and the Gold Rush era Stockton–Los Angeles Road. From 1858 to 1861 it was between the Widow Smith's Station and Mud Spring stage stops of the Butterfield Overland Mail. The lake area was to the west of Rancho La Liebre, an 1846 Mexican land grant now part of Tejon Ranch.
In 1907 William Mulholland, superintendent of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, started work on the Elizabeth Lake Tunnel for transporting water in the Los Angeles Aqueduct from Owens Valley to Los Angeles. The 5-mile-long (8 km) tunnel is 285 feet (87 m) under the valley floor. The tunnel was driven from both ends. The north portal is at Fairmont Reservoir and the south in Bear Canyon (now Portal Canyon) northwest of Green Valley. This 11-foot-wide (3.4 m) tunnel was driven 27,000 ft (8,200 m) through solid rock and met in the center within 1½ inches in line and 5/8 inches in depth. Work was around the clock and averaged about 11 feet (3.4 m) per day. The Elizabeth Lake tunnel was the largest single construction project on the Los Angeles Aqueduct and set speed records in its day.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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U.S. Decennial Census[5] |
At the
The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.
There were 674 households, 223 (33.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 399 (59.2%) were
The age distribution was 403 people (22.9%) under the age of 18, 155 people (8.8%) aged 18 to 24, 407 people (23.2%) aged 25 to 44, 643 people (36.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 148 people (8.4%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 42.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.8 males.
There were 745 housing units at an average density of 113.9 per square mile, of the occupied units 561 (83.2%) were owner-occupied and 113 (16.8%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.8%. 1,466 people (83.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 290 people (16.5%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Elizabeth Lake had a median household income of $67,614, with 6.0% of the population living below the federal poverty line.[8]
See also
- Elizabeth Lake (Los Angeles County, California)
- Hughes Lake (California)
- Lake Hughes, California — the town
- Angeles National Forest
- Category:Sierra Pelona Ridge – related topics
References
- ^ U.S. Census Archived 2012-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elizabeth Lake, California
- ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Elizabeth Lake CDP, California". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- ^ Harold Wellman Fairbanks (1906). "Lower Lake Elizabeth on the Line of the Rift". The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "2010 US Census: Elizabeth Lake CDP population demographics".
- ^ "2010 US Census: Elizabeth Lake CDP population map". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ "2010 US Census: Elizabeth Lake CDP community facts".