Igo, California
Igo, California | |
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| Coordinates: 40°30′20″N 122°32′30″W / 40.50556°N 122.54167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Shasta County |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.017 sq mi (2.63 km2) |
| • Land | 0.001 sq mi (0.003 km2) |
| • Water | 1.016 sq mi (2.63 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,024 ft (312 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 103 |
| • Density | 100/sq mi (39/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 225832 |
Igo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) 9 miles west of Redding, CA in Shasta County, California. Its population is 103 as of the 2020 census. Its ZIP Code is 96047. Wired Telephone numbers follow the pattern 530-396-xxxx. It has a neighboring town of Ono, which is four miles west of Igo. It is also home to the Northern California Veterans Cemetery, dedicated in December 2005. It has a post office, elementary school, general store, and a restaurant/banquet hall.
The name Igo may be derived from an unidentified Native American language. According to folk etymology, Igo was named from the question "I go?" frequently asked by a miner's son who liked to accompany his father to work. Igo was founded in 1849 as a mining town in the Igo-Ono Mining District.