Smartsville, California
Smartsville is a census-designated place in Yuba County, California, United States, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It is one of the many historic towns in California's gold country, and is today a California Historical Landmark. Located at an altitude of, Smartsville lies about east-northeast of Marysville, along State Route 20. The population was 185 at the 2020 census.
History
Smartsville is named for James Smart, a local hotel proprietor during the days of the Gold Rush. In the spring of 1856, Smart built a hotel.Extensive placer mining tailings remain throughout the area.
A post office was opened at Smartsville in 1865. Due to a ruling by the U.S. Post Office Department, Smartsville became Smartville in 1909; this change was strengthened by a similar ruling by the United States Board on Geographic Names in 1947. In August 2008, after petitions from residents to restore the original name, the Board on Geographic Names ruled in favor of the form "Smartsville". The town and name change were featured in an episode of California's Gold with Huell Howser.
The Smartville Cemetery is a historic cemetery.
Geology
Smartsville gave its name to the Smartville Block, a co-extensive oceanic geologic terrane formed by plate tectonics in the western foothills of the central Sierra Nevada and west into the Central Valley. The presence of gold in the Mother Lode Gold Country was found to coincide with the suture line of the Smartville Block terrane and the North American Plate.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 0.7 square miles, all of it land.Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Smartsville has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.Demographics
Smartsville first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.The 2020 United States census reported that Smartsville had a population of 185. The population density was. The racial makeup of Smartsville was 145 White, 2 African American, 0 Native American, 9 Asian, 0 Pacific Islander, 6 from other races, and 23 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10 persons.
The whole population lived in households. There were 72 households, out of which 24 had children under the age of 18 living in them, 43 were married-couple households, 6 were cohabiting couple households, 7 had a female householder with no partner present, and 16 had a male householder with no partner present. 12 households were one person, and 7 were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.57. There were 53 families.
The age distribution was 38 people under the age of 18, 15 people aged 18 to 24, 40 people aged 25 to 44, 63 people aged 45 to 64, and 29 people who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 44.8years. There were 93 males and 92 females.
There were 72 housing units at an average density of, which were all occupied, 62 by homeowners, and 10 by renters.