Stateline | |
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  Stateline Location in California | |
| Coordinates: 38°57′30″N 119°56′38″W / 38.95833°N 119.94389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | El Dorado County |
| City | South Lake Tahoe |
| Settled | 1850s |
| Elevation | 6,279 ft (1,914 m) |
Stateline (formerly Lakeside and Laphams)[2][3] is a former unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, now incorporated into South Lake Tahoe, California.[1] It lies at an elevation of 6,279 feet (1914 m) ASL.[1] As its name suggests, it is at the state line with Nevada, and mirrors the adjacent community of the same name.
The name Laphams commemorates William W. Lapham who opened a hotel here in the 1850s.[2] The pony express route ran through the community circa 1861 on the leg between Friday's Station and Yanks. A post office operated at Stateline from 1901.[2] It was along the Lincoln Highway Sierra Nevada Southern Route by 1916. The locale acquired the name Lakeside between 1930[4] and 1955;[3] then was changed to Stateline thereafter.[5] The community was a subject in an interstate border dispute.[6] After a 1980 US Supreme Court ruling, the community of Stateline was nominally moved east, and the California portion dissolved into South Lake Tahoe.[7][8][9] The currently accepted interstate border is marked by the 1893 US CGS Federal Survey Monuments No. 1,[10][11][7] No. 2,[12][7] and No.3.[13][7] Disturbing survey monuments is illegal.[14][15][16][17] as is land title fraud.[15][18][19]