Lakeport (California)
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 Main Street in Lakeport |
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| Location in California | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1888 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | California | ||
| County : | Lake County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 3 ′ N , 122 ° 55 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 4,753 (as of 2010) | ||
| Height : | 413 m | ||
| Postal code : | 95453 | ||
| Area code : | +1 707 | ||
| FIPS : | 06-39710 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0277536 | ||
| Website : | cityoflakeport.com | ||
 Lakeport between 1865 and 1876 |
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Lakeport is a city and county seat in Lake County in the US state of California . Lakeport is located at 413 meters above sea level and had 4753 inhabitants at the 2010 United States Census . The city was officially founded in 1888 - making it the oldest city in Lake County .
history
Native Americans settled in today's Lakeport area several centuries ago . Around the middle of the 19th century, the place was occupied by western settlers . During the gold rush in California , many people came to the settlement, most of them were in transit. The first stores opened in the 1850s. With the end of the gold rush, many gold diggers settled permanently in the settlement. At that time, today's Lakeport was still named Forbestown after one of the city's first settlers, William Forbes, who came to the settlement in 1858. He first worked as the town's postal worker and then founded Forbestown's first business with James Parish , a forge that also sold wagons.
Forbestown was originally part of Napa County . With Napa County's borders changed, Forbestown was part of Lake County. Forbes traded 40 acres of his land for the city's county seat status . A courthouse and prison were built on this area on Main Street . A short time later, the name of the city was changed from Forbestown to Lakeport - to emphasize the importance of Clear Lake as a natural harbor .
In 1867, a large fire destroyed the courthouse and the county seat was relocated to Lower Lake . A few years later, Lakeport was regained county seat status. By 1888, Lakeport had grown into an important city with around 700 residents and 35 businesses. On April 30, 1888, Lakeport became a incorporated town . On March 17, 1952, Lakeport was then named a city .
Geography and demography
According to the data of the United States Census 2010 Lakeport has an area of 8.3 km² (0.36 km² of which is water), on which a total of 4753 people live. The climate is classified as subtropical (Cfa) according to the Köppen-Geiger classification. The summers in Lakeport are hot and dry, the winters moderate and cold with lots of rainfall. The average maximum temperature in July is 34 ° C, the average maximum temperature in January, the coldest month, is 11 ° C. The mean annual amount of precipitation is 1165 mm.
sons and daughters of the town
- Phil Jordon (1933-1965), basketball player
- Russ Tolman (* 1956), singer-songwriter, singer, guitarist, composer, lyricist and music producer
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS detail - Lakeport. Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ 2010 Census Interactive Population Map: Lakeport. (No longer available online.) United States Census Bureau , formerly the original ; accessed on May 21, 2017 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c History of the City of Lakeport. City of Lakeport, accessed May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Climate Lakeport: Temperature, Climate graph, Climate table for Lakeport. Climate-Data.org, accessed on May 21, 2017 .
- ^ Lakeport, California Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase). Weatherbase, accessed May 21, 2017 .
