[7] The event is commemorated with a Jumping Frog Jubilee each May at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds, just east of the city.[6] Henry Angell, a native of Rhode Island, set up a tent store on the banks of the creek.The placers around his camp were productive but gave out after a few years, and the population began to dwindle until gold-bearing quartz veins were discovered in the town, which brought people back.Those mines operated for the next few decades, producing more than $20 million worth of gold, processed by stamp mills in town.It was said that when the last mill finally ceased operations, the townspeople couldn't sleep, the silence was so loud.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.6 square miles (9.3 km2), all land.As of the census[12] of 2000, Angels Camp had 3,004 people in 1,286 households, including 856 families, in the city.[14] Federally, Angels Camp is in California's 4th congressional district, represented by Democrat Mike Thompson.
St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Mission (Angels Camp, California)