Yreka, California
Yreka, California | |
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Downtown Yreka in 2011 | |
Location in Siskiyou County and the state of California | |
| Coordinates: 41°43′36″N 122°38′15″W / 41.72667°N 122.63750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Siskiyou |
| Incorporated | April 21, 1857 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.06 sq mi (26.05 km2) |
| • Land | 9.98 sq mi (25.86 km2) |
| • Water | 0.07 sq mi (0.19 km2) 0.72% |
| Elevation | 2,589 ft (789 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 7,827 |
| • Density | 752.9/sq mi (290.70/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 96097 |
| Area code | 530 |
| FIPS code | 06-86944 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1652661 |
| Website | ci |
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Yreka (/waɪˈriːkə/ wy-REE-kə) is a city in and the county seat of Siskiyou County, California, United States, near the Shasta River; the city has an area of about 10 square miles (26 km2), most of it land. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,807, reflecting an increase from 7,765 counted in the 2010 census. Yreka is home to the College of the Siskiyous, Klamath National Forest Interpretive Museum and the Siskiyou County Museum.