Sloughhouse, California

For the California wine region, see Sloughhouse AVA.

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]

Sloughhouse, California
Unincorporated community
Cosumnes River near Sloughhouse
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Coordinates: 38°29′45″N 121°11′38″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 codes	916, 279
GNIS feature ID	1659683[1]
California Historical Landmark
Reference no.	575

Sloughhouse's Deer Creek bridge in 1860

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Sloughhouse has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.^[6]