Canby is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

Modoc County Modoc County () is a county located in the far northeast corner of the U.S. state of California. Its population is 8,700 as of the 2020 census, down from 9,686 from the 2010 census. This makes it California's third-least-populous county. The co ...

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. It is located west of

Alturas Alturas (Spanish for "Heights"; Achumawi: ''Kasalektawi'') is the only incorporated city in Modoc County, California of which it is also the county seat. Located in the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California, the city had a population o ...

, at an elevation of . Its population is 183 as of the 2020 census, down from 315 from the 2010 census. The ZIP Code is 96015. The community is inside

area code 530 Area codes 530 and 837 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) in northeastern and Northern California. 530 was created in 1997 in an area code split of 916 and 837 was added to the same numbering plan area as an ov ...

. Canby is the location of the main branch of the

I'SOT I'SOT, which stands for In Search of Truth, is a Pentecostal/Bible-based offshoot Christian religious group founded in the late 1960s by E. Marie White (also known as E. Marie Tolbert) in Santa Cruz, California, United States. The group was name ...

religious community, and is known for the I'SOT's nativity scenes prominently displayed along the town's main street,

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History

The first post office opened at Canby in 1874. The town was named in honor of General

Edward Canby Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (November 9, 1817 – April 11, 1873) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. He served as a military governor after the war. In 1861–1862, Canby commanded the Depart ...

, who was shot by the Modoc tribal leader Captain Jack at a peacemaking session as part of the

Modoc War The Modoc War, or the Modoc Campaign (also known as the Lava Beds War), was an armed conflict between the Native Americans in the United States, Native American Modoc people and the United States Army in northeastern California and southeastern ...

. This shooting lead to the siege at

Captain Jack's Stronghold Captain Jack's Stronghold was a holdout of the Modoc people that is located between Tulelake and Canby, California. The stronghold, which is now part of Lava Beds National Monument, is named for Native American chief Kintpuash who was also kn ...

. Until the late 1940s, Canby was the site of Big Lakes Box Company and the supply point for Big Lakes Logging Camp in the Adin Mountains about to the southeast, where conditions were primitive. *California Historical Landmarks: About northwest of Canby is a

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number #111 about the

Old Emigrant Trail Canby is a census-designated place in Modoc County, California. It is located west of Alturas, at an elevation of . Its population is 183 as of the 2020 census, down from 315 from the 2010 census. The ZIP Code is 96015. The community is inside a ...

. California Historical Landmark number 111 reads: :''NO. 111 OLD EMIGRANT TRAIL - Near the present Pit River-Happy Camp Road this old pioneer trail, part of one of the earliest roads in northeastern California, is yet easily traced. Trees eight to ten inches in diameter are growing in the old road bed.'' About southeast of Canby is California Historical Landmark number 125. California Historical Landmark number 125 reads: :''NO. 125 EVANS AND BAILEY FIGHT-1861 - S. D. Evans, Sr. and Joe Bailey, stockmen from Rogue River Valley, Oregon, and 16 of their employees were driving 900 head of beef cattle from Roseburg to the mines at Virginia City, Nevada when they were attacked by Indians and the two owners killed.''

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP covers an area of , 98.21% of it land, and 1.79% of it water.

Climate

This region experiences hot and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the

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system, Canby has a

warm-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...

, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

Demographics

Canby first appeared as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census. The 2020 United States census reported that Canby had a population of 183. The population density was . The racial makeup of Canby was 144 (78.7%)

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, 5 (2.7%)

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, 2 (1.1%) Native American, 2 (1.1%) Asian, 0 (0.0%)

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, 8 (4.4%) from other races, and 22 (12.0%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 12 persons (6.6%). The census reported that 119 people (65.0% of the population) lived in households, 57 (31.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 7 (3.8%) were institutionalized. There were 51 households, out of which 18 (35.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 25 (49.0%) were married-couple households, 6 (11.8%) were

cohabiting Cohabitation is an arrangement where people who are not legally married live together as a couple. They are often involved in a romantic or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis. Such arrangements have become incr ...

couple households, 15 (29.4%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 5 (9.8%) had a male householder with no partner present. 12 households (23.5%) were one person, and 7 (13.7%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.33. There were 34

families Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...

(66.7% of all households). The age distribution was 25 people (13.7%) under the age of 18, 10 people (5.5%) aged 18 to 24, 41 people (22.4%) aged 25 to 44, 51 people (27.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 56 people (30.6%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 55.5years. There were 98 males and 85 females. There were 64 housing units at an average density of , of which 51 (79.7%) were occupied. Of these, 30 (58.8%) were owner-occupied, and 21 (41.2%) were occupied by renters.

Politics

In the

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, Canby is in , and . Federally, Canby is in .

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