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[1] |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager[2] |
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 | |
• Total | 7,807 |
• 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[4] |
Website | ci |
Yreka (/waɪˈriːkə/ wy-REE-kə) is 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 United States Census, the population was 7,807, reflecting a meager increase from 7,765 counted in the 2010 Census.[7] Yreka is home to the College of the Siskiyous, Klamath National Forest Interpretive Museum and the Siskiyou County Museum.