what county is ione ca in
Ione (/aÉªËoÊn/ eye-OWN; formerly, Bed Bug, Bedbug, Freeze Out, Hardscrabble, Ione City, Woosterville, Jone City, Jone Valley, and Rickeyville) is a city in Amador County, California, United States. The population was 7,918 at the 2010 census, up from 7,129 in 2000. Once known as Bed-Bug and Freeze Out, Ione was an important supply center on the main road to the Mother Lode and Southern Mines during the California Gold Rush.