Almanor, California

Almanor
census-designated place
Location in Plumas County and the state of California
Almanor Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°13′1″N 121°10′38″W / 40.21694°N 121.17722°W / 40.21694; -121.17722Coordinates: 40°13′1″N 121°10′38″W / 40.21694°N 121.17722°W / 40.21694; -121.17722
Country	United States
State	California
County	Plumas
Area^[1]
• Total	0.883 sq mi (2.29 km²)
• Land	0.883 sq mi (2.29 km²)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km²) 0%
Elevation^[2]	4,554 ft (1,388 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	0
• Density	0/sq mi (0/km²)
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	95947
Area code(s)	530
FIPS code	06-01094
GNIS feature IDs	256193; 2407722
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Almanor, California; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Almanor, California

Almanor (formerly, Plumas Pines)^[3] was a census-designated place (CDP) in Plumas County, California, United States.^[4] The population was 0 at the 2010 Census.^[5] Almanor is located 7 miles (11.3 km) south-southeast of Chester.^[3]

History

The name comes from three daughters of Guy C. Earl, president of the Great Western Power Co.: "Alice", "Martha", and "Elinor".^[3] The Almanor post office opened in 1926.^[3]

Geography

Almanor is located at 40°13′1″N 121°10′38″W / 40.21694°N 121.17722°W / 40.21694; -121.17722 (40.216857, -121.177325),^[6] on the south-west shoreline of Lake Almanor.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²), all land.

Demographics

As of the 2010 Census,^[7] there were no people living in the CDP.

References

↑ U.S. Census
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Almanor, California
1 2 3 4 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 351. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Almanor, California
↑ "2010 Census P.L. 94-171 Summary File Data". United States Census Bureau.
↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

External links

Chester Progressive - Local newspaper

Municipalities and communities of Plumas County, California, United States

County seat: Quincy

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