Community
History
Learn about Kingvale.
Learn more about the area at the Donner Summit Historical Society website and its Heirloom Newsletter, the Donner Summit Association's History page, the Donner Party Museum and the Kingvale.info history page.
Timeline
- c. 1866: Early maps at the Big Bend Ranger Station show Kingvale as the location of the Jones Hotel, a stage stop along the old Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road.
- 1867: According to King/Brennan family history, Kingvale was part of a homestead grant dating back to 1867 and used as a stopping over place for driving cattle or sheep from the Auburn area to graze in summer near Devil's Peak.
- Late 1920s through 1930s: First cabins built.
- 1931: Kingvale Subdivision 1 recorded with Nevada County.
- 1937: Kingvale Subdivision 2 recorded with Nevada County.
- 1957: The Kingvale Water Users Association established.
- 1960: Kingvale Property Owners and Water Users, Inc. incorporated in California.