Stateline, California

Not to be confused with State Line, California, State Line, Nevada or Stateline, Nevada.

Coordinates: 38°57′30″N 119°56′38″W / 38.95833°N 119.94389°W / 38.95833; -119.94389

Stateline
Former unincorporated community
Stateline Location in California
Coordinates: 38°57′30″N 119°56′38″W / 38.95833°N 119.94389°W / 38.95833; -119.94389
Country	United States
State	California
County	El Dorado County
Elevation^[1]	6,279 ft (1,914 m)

Stateline (formerly, Lakeside and Laphams)^[2] is a former unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, now incorporated into South Lake Tahoe, California.^[1] It lies at an elevation of 6279 feet (1914 m).^[1] As its name suggests, it is at the state line with Nevada.

A post office operated at Stateline from 1901.^[2] The name Laphams commemorates William W. Lapham who opened a hotel here in the 1850s.^[2]

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stateline, California
1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 561. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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