Welcome to Siskiyou County ...
Time Zone: Siskiyou County lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.
The community of Yreka is the Seat for Siskiyou County.
Siskiyou County was founded in 1852 and was created by taking area from Shasta County.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Siskiyou had a population of 43,539 people. This is a decrease of 3.11% since the last Census (which gave a population of 44,938 people in 2010).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Siskiyou represented 0.12% of the total population of California.
Below are some of the communities located in Siskiyou County:
- Dorris
(38 miles [61.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dunsmuir
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Etna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Etna is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Etna <2>
- Fort Jones
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Montague
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Shasta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tulelake
(57 miles [91.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weed
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
- Weed is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weed <2>
- Yreka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yreka
- Yreka is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,503 people
- Yreka has also been known as:
- Yreka City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yreka <2>
Websites of Interest ...
- Websites specific to California
- Websites specific to Siskiyou County
- Websites for nearby counties
- Del Norte County
- Humboldt County
- Trinity County
- Shasta County
- Modoc County
- Klamath County
- Jackson County
- Josephine County
- Cemetery Information and Directories
Footnotes ...
<1> | On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census. |
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