Meeks Bay, California
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Meeks Bay is an unincorporated community
in El Dorado County
, California
. It lies on Lake Tahoe
at the mouth of Meeks Creek
, at an elevation of 6240 feet (1902 m). The place is named for John Meeks, who owned the land. The Meeks brothers bailed 25 tons of wild hay in the meadows at the mouth of Meeks Creek in 1862.
A post office operated at Meeks Bay from 1929 to 1972.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in El Dorado County
El Dorado County, California
El Dorado County is a county located in the historic Gold Country in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and foothills of the U.S. state of California. The 2010 population was 181,058. The El Dorado county seat is in Placerville....
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. It lies on Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States. At a surface elevation of , it is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. Its depth is , making it the USA's second-deepest...
at the mouth of Meeks Creek
Meeks Creek
Meeks Creek is a western tributary of Lake Tahoe which has its source on Rubicon Lake, 1.2 miles northeast of Phipps Peak in Desolation Wilderness, trends northwest through Stony Ridge Lake, Shadow Lake, Crag Lake, and Lake Genevieve 3.5 miles , continues northeast 3.5 miles to Meeks Bay on Lake...
, at an elevation of 6240 feet (1902 m). The place is named for John Meeks, who owned the land. The Meeks brothers bailed 25 tons of wild hay in the meadows at the mouth of Meeks Creek in 1862.
A post office operated at Meeks Bay from 1929 to 1972.