[6] Amador County, located within California's Gold Country, is known as "The Heart of the Mother Lode."

Some of the Mother Lode's most successful gold mines were located in Amador County, including the Kennedy, Argonaut, and Keystone.

[10] Not everyone supported the Union; in April of 1862 when the stars and stripes flew from a house a local judge cursed at it.

The federal government closed all of the Mother Lode's mines in 1942 because they were considered non-essential to the war effort.

Thirty-seven miles of the North Fork and main Mokelumne River were added to the California Wild and Scenic Rivers System on June 27, 2018, when Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown signed Senate Bill 854.

Amador County is located approximately 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Sacramento in the part of California known as the Mother Lode, or Gold Country in the Sierra Nevada.

The decline of the California Gold Rush coupled with the onset of Prohibition devastated the wine-making region of Amador County.

[33] This 10-acre (40,000 m2) vineyard is home to some of the oldest Zinfandel vines on earth, with proof of their existence dating to 1869 when it was listed as a descriptor on a deed from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Municipal police departments within the county are at Ione, Jackson, and Sutter Creek.

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

"The Luck of Roaring Camp" is a short story by American author Bret Harte.

It was first published in the August 1868 issue of the Overland Monthly and helped push Harte to international prominence.

Harte lived in this area during his "Gold Rush" period, and possibly based the story in a mining camp on the Mokelumne River.

The Gold Rush rock music festival took place at Lake Amador on October 4, 1969.

[41] Performers included Ike & Tina Turner, Santana, Bo Diddley, Albert Collins, and Taj Mahal.