San Andreas

Main Street is lined with restored brick buildings. For images, information about the town and Museums visit Calaveras County Historical Society’s web site. Black Bart was brought to trial in 1883 seventeen years after San Andreas was established as the county seat, it had been at Mokelumne Hill. Black Bart was sentenced to 6 years in San Quentin for the Milton-Sonora Stage Robbery. For a website devoted to Black Bart click here. For current court house information click here.

Located an hour from the Sacramento Metro area, and about two hours from Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. Our Map of San Andreas The Mark Twain St. Joseph’s Hospital serves the area. There is also a small airport called the Calaveras County-Maury Rasmussen Field Airport. For more information about transportation in the Mother Lode area go here.

Founded and settled by Mexicans in 1848. Destroyed by fire June 4, 1858, and in 1863, San Andreas became the seat of Calaveras County in 1866. The downtown Museum features the restored courthouse, a hall of records with more to see in the Odd Fellow’s Hall and restored parts of what was once the county jail. For more about the Museum and other Museums in the area visit the destination guide.

California Historical Marker number 271 marks an old pioneer cemetery: “This pioneer cemetery was said to have been established in 1851. Most of the graves are unmarked – stones appeared over only three of them in 1936. This cemetery is located almost opposite where the town of North Branch originally stood, before the site was mined for gold.

San Andreas Zip Code: 95249

US Post Office –
315 Russell Road
209-754-3201

CHP –
749 Mountain Ranch Rd
209-754-3541

Fire –
37 Church Hill Road
209-754-4693

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