Del Norte County

administration
US state :	California
Administrative headquarters :	Crescent City
Foundation :	1857
Made up from:	Klamath County
Demographics
Residents :	28,610  (2010)
Population density :	11 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	3185 km²
Water surface :	575 km²
map
Website : www.co.del-norte.ca.us

The Del Norte County is a county in the northwest of the state of California in the United States . The county is located on the Pacific Ocean and is bordered by Siskiyou County and Humboldt County . The county seat is Crescent City .

history

The area was formerly part of the "Klamath County" founded in 1851. The administrative seat was first further south on the coast in "Trinidad", from 1854 in Crescent City, from 1856 in "Orleans Bar" further inland. In 1857, part of Klamath County split off and has been called "Del Norte County" ever since. Klamath County existed until 1874 when it was split up.

In 1941, Del Norte was one of the counties that split from California and Oregon to create the 51st state, Jefferson . However, this secession failed.

12 of the county's structures and sites are on the National Register of Historic Places .

places

The port of Crescent City, the right half of the picture largely belongs to Bertsch-Oceanview

Mouth of the Klamath River into the Pacific

Mouth of the Smith River

In Del Norte County there is only one city ("City") that performs administrative tasks. All other settlements are in community-free areas (abbreviated UIC for "Unincorporated Area"). The larger of these are shown separately for statistical purposes; these are referred to as census-designated place (CDP). All population figures mentioned refer to the 2010 census.

Highway 101 leads from south to north. There you will find on the coast or near the coast

• Andy McBeth Airport is located in Klamath Glen (UIC) on the Klamath River , the location of Fort Ter-Waw of the US Army from 1857 to 1861 .
• Klamath , CDP on the Klamath River with 779 residents. The original city center was west of the highway and was destroyed in the 1964 flood, with some streets and sidewalks still visible.
• Requa (UIC) was founded in 1851. It is named after the place Rekwoi, which means the mouth of the stream in the Yurok language , but it was a mile upstream. Requa is located directly at the mouth of the river, but is safe from flooding due to its elevated position.
• False Klamath (UIC)
• False Klamath Cove, here Highway 101 leads about one kilometer along the beach
• the “Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park”, which extends to the coast, was established in the 1920s and is now part of the Redwood National Park
• Bertsch-Oceanview, 2,436 inhabitants, second largest city and directly adjacent to Crescent City
• Crescent City , largest city with 7643 inhabitants
• the district of Crescent City North, since 2010 incorporated into Crescent City
• northeast of the city on both sides of Highway 101 are extensive inhabited suburbs in unincorporated territory
• Lake Earl, the largest lagoon in California, connected to Lake Tolowa
• Pelican Bay Prison with over 3000 inmates
• Pacific Shores (UIC) between Lake Earl and the coast
• Fort Dick (UIC) north of the prison, about 4 kilometers inland from the coast
• Tryon Corner (UIC)
• Yontocket (UIC) directly on the coast, here around 500 Indians from the Tolowa tribe died in a massacre in 1853 .
• The place Smith River is a CDP with 866 inhabitants and is north of the Smith River of the same name
• The road now runs along the coast again. The Pelican State Beach is the northernmost beach of California. Then the state border to Oregon follows.

Highway 199 runs inland from Crescent City. Because of that

• the "Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park", established in 1939, today part of the Redwood National Park
• Hiouchi , CDP with 301 residents
• on the other side of Smith River Douglas Park (UIC)
• Adams Station (UIC)
• Gasquet , CDP with 667 inhabitants
• Darlingtonia (UIC)
• Patrick Creek (UIC)
• Idlewild (UIC)
• State line to Oregon

Away from both main roads in the far north, near Oregon:

• Rockland (UIC)

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1860	1993		-
1870	2022		1.5%
1880	2584		27.8%
1890	2592		0.3%
1900	2408		-7.1%
1910	2417		0.4%
1920	2759		14.1%
1930	4739		71.8%
1940	4745		0.1%
1950	8078		70.2%
1960	17,771		120%
1970	14,580		-18%
1980	18,217		24.9%
1990	23,460		28.8%
2000	27,507		17.3%
2010	28,610		4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Del Norte County's population was 27,507 as of the 2000 census . There were 9,170 households and 6,290 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 78.86% White, 4.30% African American, 6.43% Native American, 2.32% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, and 3.92% other races Groups; 4.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 13.92% of the population.

33.5% of the 9,170 households had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 50.0% were married couples living together, 13.6% were single mothers. 31.4% were not families. 25.3% were single households and 10.1% had someone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.08.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.1% of residents under 18 years of age, 8.0% between 18 and 24 years of age, 32.2% between 25 and 44 years of age, and 22.3% between 45 and 64 years of age 12.5% ​​were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 123.3 males, for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 130.3 males.

The median income for a household in the 29,642 USD , and the median income for a family was 36,056 USD. Males had a median income of $ 40,072 versus $ 22,212 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,573. 20.2% percent of the population and 16.4% of families are below the poverty line. 26.7% of these were under 18 years of age and 8.2% were 65 years of age or older.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1682074. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 26, 2017.
3. ↑ Official results of the 2010 census
4. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012

Web links

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Coordinates: 41 ° 44 ′  N , 123 ° 58 ′  W