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Settled: 1848
Status: Active Town
Current Population: 2,078
Peak Population: na
Elevation: 2,100 Feet
Primary Mineral: Gold
This is one of the famous pocket-mining districts of the Sierra Nevada cast gold belt. Sonora, the seat of Tuolumne County, was founded in 1848 soon after the discoverey of rich placer deposits here and at Shaws Flat to the north. It was named for the state of Sonora in Mexico.