Willows, California

Willows, California
City of Willows
The historic Willows post office
Location within Glenn County
Willows
Location within California
Willows
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 39°31′28″N 122°11′37″W / 39.52444°N 122.19361°W / 39.52444; -122.19361
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyGlenn
IncorporatedJanuary 16, 1886
Area
  Total
2.85 sq mi (7.38 km2)
  Land2.84 sq mi (7.35 km2)
  Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)  0.42%
Elevation
138 ft (42 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
6,293
  Density2,219.0/sq mi (856.7/km2)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
95988
Area code530
FIPS code06-85684
GNIS feature IDs1660184, 2412272
Websitecityofwillows.org

Willows is a city and the county seat of Glenn County, California, located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California. The city is home to regional government offices, including the California Highway Patrol, the California Department of Motor Vehicles, the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the main offices of the Mendocino National Forest, which comprises about one million acres (404,686 ha) of Federal land located mostly in mountainous terrain west of Willows. The population was 6,293 at the 2020 census.