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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Amador
- Incorporated
- March 23, 1953
- Mayor
- Stacy Rhoades
- Vice mayor
- Jody Maita
- City manager
- George Lee
- State senate
- Marie Alvarado-Gil ( R )
- State assembly
- Heath Flora ( R )
- U s congress
- Tom McClintock ( R )
- Total
- 4.63 sq mi (11.98 km )
- Land
- 4.58 sq mi (11.86 km )
- Water
- 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km ) 0.99%
- Elevation
- 299 ft (91 m)
- Density
- 1,123/sq mi (433.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 06-36672
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Encyclopedic overview
Ione (/aɪˈoʊn/ eye-OWN) is a city in Amador County, California. As of the 2020 census the population is 5,141, which is a 35.1% decrease from the 2010 census. Once known as "Bedbug" and "Freeze Out," Ione was an important supply center on the main road to the Mother Lode and Southern Mines during the California gold rush.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ione” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.