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7,861
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Ione, CA - History
We would like to provide the residents of Ione a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Ione Home page. The Ione Home page provides as much information as possible on Ione. Knowing Ione’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Ione’s Home page, you will also find Ione’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Ione has a population of 7861. 53.1% of Ione’s inhabitants are Male, and 46.9 are female. 53.7% of Ione is married and 74.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $313,813, and the average rent is $909. Household median income in Ione is $65,481, and the individual median income is $34,815. Ione’s Ethnic is the following: White(90.7%), Hispanic(15.9%), Multiple(4.9%), Black(2.1%), Other(2.1%), Asian(0.1%), Native(0.1%).
Ione is the historical home of the Sierra Miwok people, an indigenous people of California. In 1840, the future town site became part of the Mexican land grant Rancho Arroyo Seco in Alta California. The town is located in the fertile Ione Valley, which is believed to have been named by Thomas Brown around 1849 after one of the heroines in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's drama The Last Days of Pompeii, but conflicting legends and sources for the name exist.
During the days of the Gold Rush, the miners knew the town by the names of "Bedbug" and "Freezeout." Unlike other communities in Amador County, which were founded on gold mining, Ione was a supply center, stage and rail stop, and agricultural hub.The first post office opened in 1852. The town of Ione continued to grow and prosper after its gold rush founding.
The first school was built in 1853. The historic Methodist Church was organized in 1853 and the structure was completed in 1862. The first flour mill was built in 1855. The first brick building was built by Daniel Stewart, D. Stewart Company Store, in 1855 for his general merchandise store and is still owned and operated by the same family.
In March 1865, Camp Jackson was built nearby, garrisoned by Company D, 2nd California Volunteer Cavalry, who stayed for three months until moving on to a new post. At the centennial celebration of 1876, Ione had a population of about 600 which included about 100 Chinese who lived in Ione's Chinatown.
The town included one public school, four churches, four general stores, one meat market, one laundry, one brewery, a restaurant, millinery shop, an art gallery, six saloons, a drug store and barber shop, and many other business establishments. The centennial also celebrated the completion of the Stockton and Ione Railroad, which had been incorporated in 1873 to build a 40 miles (64.4 km) long narrow gauge railroad from Stockton via Linden to Ione, which operated only until 1876.
The centennial celebration was the beginning of what is now known as the Ione Homecoming. This annual celebration has been held during the month of May almost every year since that first Centennial celebration in 1876 and is now held on the second full weekend in May every year. The City of Ione was incorporated as a General Law City in 1953. Ione has many landmarks and historical points of interest.
Three are listed as California Historical Landmarks: The Preston School of Industry, known as The Castle, was built between 1890–1894 to serve as a school for juveniles referred by the courts. The Castle is currently not in use, but the Preston Castle Foundation is working to help restore it. Community Methodist Church of Ione D.
Stewart Company Store (#788)Dave Brubeck, the famous jazz pianist, was raised in Ione and in 1998 scored a video tour of the castle called "A Castle's Song", sold through KVIE to help fund the restoration efforts.
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