California
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Amador County

Ione

Ione is a city in . As of the 2020 census the population is 5,141, which is a 35.1% decrease from the 2010 census. Once known as "Bedbug" and "Freeze Out," Ione was an important supply center on the main road to the Mother Lode and Southern Mines during the California gold rush.
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  • Type: Town with 7,650 residents
  • Description: city in Amador County, California, USA
  • Also known as: “Bed Bug”, “Bedbug”, “Freeze Out”, “Freezeout”, “Hardscrabble”, “Ione City”, “Ione, CA”, “Ione, California”, “Rickeyville”, and “Woosterville”
  • Postal code: 95640

Places of Interest

Highlights include Preston School of Industry and Mule Creek State Prison.

Museum
Photo: There is always more mystery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , also known as Preston Castle, was a reform school located in Ione, California, in . It was proposed by, and ultimately named after, state senator Edward Myers Preston.

Prison
is a California State Prison for men. It was opened in June 1987, and covers 866 acres located in Ione, . The prison has a staff of 1,242 and an annual operating budget of $157 million. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Ione.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buena Vista and Carbondale.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in . It lies at an elevation of 295 feet. It is located 4 miles south-southeast of Ione, at. The community is in ZIP code 95640 and area code 209. The population was 542 at the 2020 census. is situated 4 miles south of Ione.

Hamlet
is a former settlement in , . It was located 6 miles northwest of Ione on the Southern Pacific Railroad, at an elevation of 223 feet. is situated 6 miles northwest of Ione.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , . It lies at an elevation of 276 feet, and has a population of 964. is situated 6 miles south of Ione.

Ione

Latitude
38.35269° or 38° 21′ 10″ north
Longitude
-120.93272° or 120° 55′ 58″ west
Population
7,650
Elevation
299 feet (91 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US ION
Open location code
84CX9338+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150953854
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5359634
Wiki­data ID
Q953598
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Ione” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إوني”
  • Basque: “Ione”
  • Bulgarian: “Айони”
  • Catalan: “Ione”
  • Cebuano: “Ione”
  • Chechen: “Айон”
  • Chinese: “Ione”
  • Chinese: “艾奥尼”
  • Chinese: “艾奧尼”
  • Croatian: “Ione”
  • Czech: “Ione”
  • Danish: “Ione”
  • Dutch: “Ione”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اونى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايون”
  • French: “Ione”
  • German: “Ione”
  • Gilaki: “آیونه”
  • Haitian: “Ione, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “Ione”
  • Hungarian: “Ione”
  • Irish: “Ione”
  • Italian: “Ione”
  • Ladin: “Ione”
  • Malagasy: “Ione, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Ione”
  • Mazanderani: “آیون (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “آیون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ione”
  • Newari: “आयोन (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “आयोन, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “आयोन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ione”
  • Norwegian: “Ione”
  • Persian: “آیون، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “آیون”
  • Persian: “ایون، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “ایون”
  • Polish: “Ione”
  • Portuguese: “Ione”
  • Russian: “Айон (Калифорния)”
  • Russian: “Айон”
  • Serbian: “Ajon”
  • Serbian: “Ione”
  • Serbian: “Ајон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ione, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ione”
  • Slovak: “Ione”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایون، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Ione, California”
  • Spanish: “Ione”
  • Swedish: “Ione, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “Ione”
  • Tagalog: “Ione, California”
  • Tagalog: “Ione”
  • Tatar: “Айон (Калифорния)”
  • Tatar: “Айон”
  • Turkish: “Ione, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Ione”
  • Ukrainian: “Айон”
  • Urdu: “آئونی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “Ione”
  • Uzbek: “Ионе”
  • Volapük: “Ione”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ione, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ione”

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