Sloughhouse, California | |
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Coordinates: 38°29′45″N 121°11′38″W / 38.49583°N 121.19389°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Sacramento |
Elevation | 102 ft (31 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP code | 95683 |
Area code(s) | 916, 279 |
GNIS feature ID | 1659683[1] |
Reference no. | 575 |
Sloughhouse is an unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, United States. Sloughhouse is located on California State Route 16, 17 miles (27 km) east-southeast of downtown Sacramento. Sloughhouse has a post office with ZIP code 95683, which was established in 1916.[2] Jared Sheldon, who built a roadhouse, hotel and Stagecoach station, in the community in 1850, named the community after another building he had built nearby. The roadhouse was destroyed by a fire in 1890, but was rebuilt. [3] The site is registered as a California Historical Landmark No. 575.[4][5]