Welcome to Pollock ...

Pollock is located in Shasta County<1>.

Pollock was established in 1918.

Pollock is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pollock lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Pollock: 530

Going back to its beginning, Pollock was originally named Loftus. For more information about the names of Pollock, see The Names of Pollock on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Pollock ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Pollock: This one is located in Shasta County and the other is located in Sacramento County.

Beyond California, there are 9 communities that are also named Pollock - they are located in Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pollock.

Communities near Pollock ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pollock.

• Shasta Lake
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Lake
  • Shasta Lake is located in Shasta County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,379 people
  • Former names for Shasta Lake:
  • Boomtown
  • Central Valley
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shasta Lake <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Shasta Lake
  • From Pollock to Shasta Lake
• Lamoine
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lamoine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine
  • Lamoine is located in Shasta County
  • Former names for Lamoine:
  • Slate Creek
  • Slatonis
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lamoine
  • From Pollock to Lamoine
• Sugarloaf
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
  • Sugarloaf is located in Shasta County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sugarloaf
  • From Pollock to Sugarloaf
• Pollard Flat
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard Flat
  • Pollard Flat is located in Shasta County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pollard Flat
  • From Pollock to Pollard Flat
• Elmore ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elmore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
  • Elmore is located in Shasta County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Elmore
  • From Pollock to Elmore
• Gibson ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
  • Gibson is located in Shasta County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Gibson
  • From Pollock to Gibson
• Fisher ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
  • Fisher is located in Shasta County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Fisher
  • From Pollock to Fisher
• O'Brien
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Brien
  • O'Brien is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Brien <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to O'Brien
  • From Pollock to O'Brien
• Baird ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baird. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
  • Baird is located in Shasta County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Baird
  • From Pollock to Baird
• Morley ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
  • Morley is located in Shasta County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Morley
  • From Pollock to Morley

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pollock. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pollock.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pollock. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pollock.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pollock. See our Newspapers Page for Pollock.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pollock ...

Looking for more information about Pollock? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pollock, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pollock.

Adding Pollock to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pollock in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pollock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Pollock post office opened in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pollock.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pollock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Shasta County: www.co.shasta.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/