For the California wine region, see Sloughhouse AVA.
Sloughhouse's Deer Creek bridge in 1860

Sloughhouse is an unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, United States. Sloughhouse is located on California State Route 16 17 miles (27 km) east-southeast of downtown Sacramento. Sloughhouse has a post office with ZIP code 95683, which was established in 1916.[2] Jared Sheldon, who built a roadhouse, hotel and Stagecoach station, in the community in 1850, named the community after another building he had built nearby. The roadhouse was destroyed by a fire in 1890, but was rebuilt. [3] The site is registered as a California Historical Landmark No. 575.[4][5]


Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Sloughhouse has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.[6]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sloughhouse, California
  2. ^ "Free ZIP Code Lookup with area code, county, geocode, MSA/PMSA, population". www.zipinfo.com.
  3. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 557. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  4. ^ "Sloughhouse". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  5. ^ "Sloughhouse".
  6. ^ "Sloughhouse, California Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)". Weatherbase.