California, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Grants Lick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41007. It stands on Young Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Richmond quadrangle. 83 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 482 feet above sea level.
On record in California
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
- Elijah Herndon Houselisted 1983
- John Stevens Houselisted 2024
Population over time
2 figuresCalifornia fell from 90 to 83 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 90 | |
| 2020 | 83 | -7 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1929 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS New Richmond quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS New Richmond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of California: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewer Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Franklin Stone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Point Pleasant Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names California in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | California | $3,000 | Several large trees were downed along Washington Trace Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | California | $2,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| May 2003 | Hail | California | $2,000 | Several trees were knocked down along with the hail. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | California | - | Church basement flooded in town |
| October 2016 | Hail | California | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | California | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beagle | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| California Crossing (historical) | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Flagg Spring | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mentor | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Carthage | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Gubser Mill | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Tarvan (historical) | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Oneonta | 4.4 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on California | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2163769 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 488613. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






