Yreka
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 Entrance sign and sculpture of a mule driver |
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| Location in California | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | April 21, 1857 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | California | ||
| County : | Siskiyou County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 44 ′ N , 122 ° 38 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 7,564 (as of 2014) | ||
| Population density : | 293.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 26.0 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) of which 25.8 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 789 m | ||
| Postal code : | 96097 | ||
| Area code : | +1 530 | ||
| FIPS : | 06-86944 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2412324 | ||
| Website : | ci.yreka.ca.us | ||
Yreka is a city with the status City and seat of the county administration ( County Seat ) in Siskiyou County in the US state California with 7564 inhabitants (2014).
geography
Yreka is ten kilometers west of Montague on the eastern edge of the Klamath National Forest and the southwestern Klamath Mountains . Mount Shasta is 60 kilometers to the southeast. The Interstate 5 runs right through the town. The state of Oregon begins 30 kilometers away in the north.
history
In March of 1851 an incoming from Oregon found mule driver in the region gold. Another 2,000 prospectors followed within a month , sought their fortune there and built a settlement of tents, barracks and simple wooden houses. Regarding the naming, there are several versions: It is very likely that the name goes back to the Indian word wáik'a , meaning “northern mountain” or “white mountain”. According to another version, the place was named as a play on words Y-reka, based on the place Eureka, also in California (pronounced U-reka). Mark Twain gives a curious explanation in his autobiography : The name resulted from a mix-up. The owner of a bakery had freshly painted the letters of the advertising word BAKERY for his shop and placed them in reverse order to dry, only the letter B was not next to it. A visitor read the upside-down word YREKA (the B was missing) and assumed that this was the place name. The other residents also considered this assumption to be conclusive and so the place was called "Yreka" because of a palindrome . After the California gold rush ended , many adventurers left the place again. However, the appointment to the country administration opened up new employment opportunities. The place is currently gaining in importance in tourism and is the starting point for tours into the Siskiyou Mountains in the northwest and Mount Shasta in the southeast.
In the vicinity of Yreka you can find the very rare species of flame flower Phlox hirsuta , which is also called Yreka phlox there. The city administration has raised this plant to the status of a city flower .
Flame flower species
Phlox hirsuta
Demographic data
In 2014, a population of 7,564 people was determined, who at that time had an average age of 40.2 years, which was above the average of 35.7 years in California. Compared to the year 2000 the population growth was 3.8%.
sons and daughters of the town
- John McNeil (* 1948), jazz trumpeter
Individual evidence
Web links
- Siskiyou- County -Museum - County Museum
- noehill.com - Carnegie Library