Campo, California

Campo is an unincorporated town located in San Diego County, California with a population of 3,251. This article also describes the smaller community of Cameron Corners, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south. Both communities use postal addresses in Campo. The town is approximately 2,620 feet (798.6 m) above mean sea level.

Nearby towns include Boulevard, Potrero, Tecate, Dulzura, Jacumba, Pine Valley, Mount Laguna, Descanso, and Jamul.

Detail

31115 State Route 94: a clinic called "Mountain Empire Family Medicine" is located here. [State of California, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Licensed Healthcare Facilities, 08/22/2006 edition.]

31123 State Route 94: Pacific Southwest Railway Museum.

31577 State Route 94: a CDF fire station is located here. The 1998 Cameron Corners, California 7.5-minute quadrangle plots the station near Dewey Place and SR98. [Cameron Corners, California 7.5-minute quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey, 1998.] A Southern California Automobile Association map, believed to be circa 1910-1930, shows a business named "Dewey Store" in Cameron Corners. The business is plotted on the north side of SR98 just east of County Road S1. This may be a variant name of Dewey Place. [Date on SCAA map is illegible. S1 may also be called Bankhead Springs Road.]

The ZIP Code is 91906 and the community is inside area code 619.

There is a county road maintenance station on Forrest Gate Road and a county fire station at Jeb Stewart Road and Parker Road.

Large employers in the area include US Department of Homeland Security Border Patrol and the California Division of Juvenile Justice, Campo Juvenile Ranch, (population 250).

According to a September 9, 2004 "San Diego Union Tribune" article, foster care activist Father Joe Carroll's proposed building a foster camp for children here. The proposed name was, "Promiseland Ranch," and the proposed facility would encompass about convert|600|acre|km2.

Campo is near the official southern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail, a recreational hiking and equestrian trail extending convert|2650|mi|km north to the Canadian Border.

During World War II, Campo was the location of Camp Lockett, a US Army post that hosted Buffalo Soldiers, a veterans convalescent hospital, and POWs.

Demographics

2000 Census Bureau data for zip code was 71.3% white (including Latino), 2.7% black, 8.0% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.1% Native American, 10.6% other and 5.1% two or more races. 23.3% are Latino.

Transportation

An unnamed air strip is 4.2 miles (6.76 km) at 332 degrees off true north at coord|32|39|35|N|116|30|08|W. [Morena Reservoir, California 7.5-minute quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey, 1997. ] The name of the field is not listed in the National Geographic Names Data Base or U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Location Identifiers (7350.7U) dated 09/01/2005 (2005-09-01). On the topographic map, it measures about 0.6 miles (966 m) in length and runs almost due north-south at the intersection of Lake Morena Rd. and Hauser Creek Rd.

Another feature of the area is the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. The town is along the line of the former Southern Pacific (originally San Diego and Arizona Railway. Freight operations are currently operated by the Carrizo Gorge Railway), while passenger operations are operated by the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. The Railroad Museum shows an address of 31123 Highway 94 and is located near (NAD83) coord|32|36|50|N|116|28|19|W. [Campo, California 7.5-minute quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey, 1997.]

Tribal areas

There are at least two tribal areas included in the nearby Campo Indian Reservation. One is about convert|1.5|mi|km due north of Campo and adjoining Cameron Corners. A point inside the reservation is (NAD83) coord|32|38|28|N|116|28|16|W) and the area is roughly convert|1|mi|km|sing=on on each side. The reservation government is the Campo Band of Mission Indians of the Kumeyaay. Another tribal area is about seven miles (11 km) east along State Route 94 in the Campo Valley. It extends nine miles (14 km) to the north and beyond Interstate 8. The eastern portion of the reservation is about convert|4.75|mi|km in an east-west dimension and includes the community of Live Oak Springs. The tribal government has been reported in the news media to provide wireless Internet service to members over a cooperative tribal government microwave backbone from Pala. [ U.S. Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Data Base.] [Tierra Del Sol, California 7.5-minute quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey, 1997.] [List of California tribal governments on Senator Barbara Boxer's web site. ] [Live Oak Springs, California 7.5-minute quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey, 1997.]

chools

31360 State Route 94: federal records report three schools in Campo. These may be at the County Juvenile Probation camp. The schools are:
* Campo Continuation High (7-12)
* Hillside Alternative Junior/Senior High (7-12)
* Cottonwood Community Day (7-12)

About convert|1.3|mi|km north in Cameron Corners, Campo Elementary (K-7) is located at 1654 Buckman Springs Rd. This is considered in Campo for postal addresses. [ US Department of Education, National Center for Educational Statistics, 2005.]

ee also

*Tecate, California
*Canyon City, California
*Manzanita, California

References

External links

* [http://www.sdsheriff.net/library/local_jails.pdf Sheriff's Department description of Campo juvenile facility.]
* [http://www.sdrm.org/locate.html San Diego Railroad Museum, Campo]