Adelaida, California
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}
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Adelaida (pronounced as, and in the 19th century commonly spelled as Adelaide)David W. Kean, 1993, Wide Places in California Roads. Sunnyvale, Concord Press. {{ISBN|1884261000}} is an unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Adelaida is {{convert|10|mi|km}} west of Paso Robles. The community had a post office from 1877 to 1936.{{cite book|last=Durham|first=David L. |title=California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State|publisher=Quill Driver Books|year=1998|pages=861|isbn=1-884995-14-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yfa0hmE7yocC&dq=Adelaida&pg=PA586}}
History
In the 1880s, the population of Adelaida was approximately 500, supported by the prospering Klau and Buena Vista mercury mines. The town boasted a community center, saloon, dance hall, general store, and four schools. The population increased further in 1898 with an influx of Mennonite settlers. The Adelaida School, located near the entrance to the Osgood Ranch on Chimney Rock Road, was built in 1917. It is being restored by the Adelaida Historical Foundation.[http://adelaidahistory.com/restoration-project/ Schoolhouse restoration project] This school and the Adelaida Road cemetery are all that is left of old Adelaida. Although the quicksilver mines were in operation into the 1970s, most of the local businesses had long since relocated to Paso Robles.David W. Kean, Wide Places in the California Roads: The encyclopedia of California's small towns and the roads that lead to them (Volume 1 of 4: Southern California Counties), pp. 11-12
Climate
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| location = Adelaida, California, {{coord|35.6456|N|120.8736|W|display=inline}}, {{convert|1398|ft|m}}
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| Jan high F = 62.8
| Feb high F = 63.6
| Mar high F = 67.8
| Apr high F = 71.5
| May high F = 78.1
| Jun high F = 85.9
| Jul high F = 90.5
| Aug high F = 91.6
| Sep high F = 88.8
| Oct high F = 80.8
| Nov high F = 69.8
| Dec high F = 61.9
| Jan mean F = 47.8
| Feb mean F = 48.8
| Mar mean F = 51.8
| Apr mean F = 54.3
| May mean F = 59.6
| Jun mean F = 65.7
| Jul mean F = 70.2
| Aug mean F = 70.4
| Sep mean F = 67.4
| Oct mean F = 61.0
| Nov mean F = 52.3
| Dec mean F = 46.6
| Jan low F = 32.9
| Feb low F = 34.0
| Mar low F = 35.7
| Apr low F = 37.2
| May low F = 41.0
| Jun low F = 45.4
| Jul low F = 49.9
| Aug low F = 49.2
| Sep low F = 46.1
| Oct low F = 41.3
| Nov low F = 34.8
| Dec low F = 31.3
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 5.60
| Feb precipitation inch = 5.10
| Mar precipitation inch = 3.88
| Apr precipitation inch = 1.31
| May precipitation inch = 0.53
| Jun precipitation inch = 0.10
| Jul precipitation inch = 0.06
| Aug precipitation inch = 0.01
| Sep precipitation inch = 0.09
| Oct precipitation inch = 1.20
| Nov precipitation inch = 1.19
| Dec precipitation inch = 4.18
| source 1 = PRISM{{cite web
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|title = Time Series Values for Individual Locations
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|access-date=20 October 2024
|quote=enter coordinates, click "Zoom", select "Monthly normals" and "800m" resolution, click "Retrieve time series" then "Download time series"}}
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File:Cinnabar (Klau Mine, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA) (18850533985).jpg ore specimen from the old Klau Mine]]
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.sanluisobispo.com/living/travel/article39141597.html A day trip to the town of Adelaida], SLO Tribune, January 10, 2011
- [http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/slovault/2011/01/schools-out-forever-adelaida-one-room-schoolhouse-closes/ Adelaida one room schoolhouse closes, 1964], SLO Tribune, reprint of June 14, 1964, edition of the Telegram-Tribune
- [http://roadsidethoughts.com/ca/adelaida-xx-san-luis-obispo-profile.htm Adelaida (SLO County) profile]
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Category:Unincorporated communities in San Luis Obispo County, California
Category:Unincorporated communities in California
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