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Welcome to Yreka (aka 'Yreka City') ...

The city of Yreka is located in Siskiyou County<1> and is the County Seat for Siskiyou County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yreka, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1853.

The city was incorporated April 21, 1857.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Yreka has a population of 7,596 people<2> (see below for details).

Yreka is 2,640 feet [805 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Yreka is ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Yreka: 530

The ZIP code for Yreka: 96097<4>

The city of Yreka has also been called Yreka City.

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Yreka had an population of 7,596 people. This is a decrease of 2.18% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 4.2% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Yreka had a population of 7,765 people (or 17.28% of the total population of Siskiyou County). This makes Yreka the county's most populous community.

The population of Yreka represents 0.02% of the total population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 388th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 7,765 people, the population of Yreka increased 6.52% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 7,290 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Yreka.

Communities Also Named Yreka ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Yreka - they are located in British Columbia and Montana.

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

Websites for Yreka ...

Official Website: www.yrekachamber.com/

Communities near Yreka ...

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

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 Yreka. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yreka.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Yreka. 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 Yreka.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Yreka. Our list includes 24 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Yreka.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yreka ...

Looking for more information about Yreka? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Yreka, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Yreka.

Adding Yreka to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yreka 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 Yreka was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Yreka post office opened in 1853.

We also found Yreka in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yreka.

The official website for Yreka: www.yrekachamber.com/

The official website for Siskiyou County: www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Siskiyou, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Yreka.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yreka - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Yreka). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Yreka or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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