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Lassen County () is a
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in the
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portion of the
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of
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,730. The
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and only incorporated city is Susanville. Lassen County comprises the Susanville, California, micropolitan statistical area. A former farming, mining and lumber area, its economy now depends on employment at one federal and two state prisons; the former in Herlong and the latter two in Susanville. In 2007, half the adults in Susanville worked in one of the facilities.


History

Lassen County was formed on April 1, 1864, from parts of Plumas and Shasta counties following the two-day conflict known as the
Sagebrush War The Sagebrush War (also known as the Boundary War, the War of Injunctions or the Roop County War) was an armed conflict between the California county of Plumas and the now-defunct Nevada County of Roop over the jurisdiction of Lake Honey Valley a ...
, also called the
Roop County War Roop County, until 1862 known as Lake County, was a county of Nevada Territory in the United States from 1861 until 1864. It was created in 1861 as one of the original nine counties of Nevada. In 1864 it was succeeded by Lassen County, California ...
, that started on February 15, 1863. Due to uncertainties over the California border, the area that is now Lassen County was part of the unofficial
Nataqua Territory The Nataqua Territory was a short-lived, unofficial territory of the United States. It consisted of a portion of what is now northeastern California and northwestern Nevada. Nataqua Territory was the first incarnation of the proposed "State of Je ...
and
Roop County, Nevada Roop County, until 1862 known as Lake County, was a county of Nevada Territory in the United States from 1861 until 1864. It was created in 1861 as one of the original nine counties of Nevada. In 1864 it was succeeded by Lassen County, California ...
, during the late 1850s and early 1860s. The county was named by California after
Peter Lassen Peter Lassen (October 31, 1800 – April 26, 1859), later known in Spanish as Don Pedro Lassen, was a Danish-born Californian ranchero and gold prospector. Born in Denmark, Lassen immigrated at age 30 to Massachusetts, before eventually final ...
, Lassen County History
Lassen County, California Genweb Project, 2006, accessed January 14, 2014
along with
Lassen Peak Lassen Peak ( ), commonly referred to as Mount Lassen, is a lava dome volcano and the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range of the Western United States. Located in the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California, it is part of the ...
, which is in adjoining Shasta County. Lassen was one of General
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's guides, and a famous trapper, frontiersman, and Indian fighter. He was murdered under mysterious circumstances near the
Black Rock Desert __NOTOC__ The Black Rock Desert is a semi-arid region (in the Great Basin shrub steppe eco-region) of lava beds and playa, or alkali flats, situated in the Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, a si ...
in 1859, and his murder was never solved. By the 1880s small towns began to spring up all over Lassen County.
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developed at the north end of the county, in rich farm land. Gold was discovered at Hayden Hill, and the small town developed to support the miners. Hayden Hill no longer exists: when the mining stopped, the townspeople left for other communities. Madeline was formed at the north end of another rich farming valley, and along the railroad tracks heading north to
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. This community still has about 50 people living in and around the town. In the 1890s many immigrant family groups arrived in the county, primarily coming from
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and
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,
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as well as the towns of
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.Serbian Studies, Volumes 4-5 - North American Society for Serbian Studies, 1986 Several "Yankee" settlers arrived from
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as well. During World War I, the area was heavily in favor of American entry into the war, and a disproportionate amount of volunteers from Lassen County signed up to take part in the war effort. A pro-German newspaper editor from San Francisco noted that "the inhabitants of Lassen County" were "sympathetic to Britain, hostile to Germany, and indifferent to France." A
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, the Nevada-California-Oregon Railway, ran through Lassen County from 1880 to 1927. The NCOR was the longest small gauge of the century. It was intended to connect
Reno, Nevada Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the ...
, to the
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, but only of track were laid, from Reno to
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. In 1913, the Fernley & Lassen Railroad was built and it was used to export timber from the large forests of Lassen County. As this railroad was completed, the Red River Lumber Company set up shop, building the town of
Westwood, California Westwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lassen County, California, United States. Westwood is located 20 miles (32 km) west-southwest of Susanville, at an elevation of 5,128 feet (1,563 m). Its population is 1,541 as of the 2020 cens ...
, to support its massive logging operation. Two other lumber mills followed the Red River Lumber Co. They built their mills in the county seat of Susanville. The Lassen Lumber and Box Company and the Fruit Growers Company both operated mills in Susanville for several decades. In 2003,
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-based Sierra Pacific Industries announced plans to relocate or lay off 150 workers as they closed the last lumber mill in Susanville due to the lack of large timber for the mill."Town's Last Mill to Be Shut Down"
''Los Angeles Times'', 18 December 2003
Sierra Pacific chose to close the mill permanently rather than spend the several million dollars required to convert the mill from large to small timber. Since the late 20th century, three prisons have been opened in and near Susanville:
California Correctional Center California Correctional Center (CCC) is a state prison in the city of Susanville in Northern California. It is a minimum-security facility. Also located in Susanville is the High Desert State Prison (California) (maximum security), and nearby t ...
(minimum security, 1963) and
High Desert State Prison (California) High Desert State Prison (HDSP) is a high-security state prison that houses level IV inmates located in Leavitt, Lassen County, California. Opened in 1995, it has a capacity of 2,324 persons. As of July 31, 2022, High Desert was incarcerating ...
(maximum security, 1995), both in the city; and the nearby
Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong The Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong (FCI Herlong) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in California, opened in 2007. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Departmen ...
(opened 2007). In 2007, half the adults in Susanville worked in one of the three prisons. In "job-starved rural America, ... residents see them risonsas the last and only chance for employment after work at the lumber mill or the dairy dries up."Taylor, Robert. "'Prison Town' a view from outside," ''Contra Costa Times'', 28 July 2007; hosted at ''Mercury News.''
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Education

Lassen County is served by
Lassen Community College Lassen Community College is a Public college, public community college in Susanville, California. It is a part of the California Community Colleges System. The college is located in Susanville in the high mountain lake country of northeastern Ca ...
, Lassen High School District, Mt. Lassen Charter School, Thompson Peak Charter School, Diamond Mountain Charter High, Diamond Mountain Middle School, Herlong High School, Long Valley Charter School, Fort Sage Charter School, and Westwood Junior Senior High School.


Geography

According to the
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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.8%) is water. Part of
Lassen Volcanic National Park Lassen Volcanic National Park is an American national park in northeastern California. The dominant feature of the park is Lassen Peak, the largest lava dome, plug dome volcano in the world and the southernmost volcano in the Cascade Range. L ...
extends onto a western corner of the county.


Adjacent counties

*
Modoc County, California Modoc County () is a county 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 county seat ...
- north *
Washoe County, Nevada Washoe County () is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 486,492, making it Nevada's second-most populous county. Its county seat is Reno. Washoe County is included in the Reno, NV Metropolitan Statist ...
- east *
Sierra County, California Sierra County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,236, making it California's second-least populous county. The county seat is Downieville; the sole incorporated city is Loyalton ...
- southeast *
Plumas County, California Plumas County () is a county in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,790. The county seat is Quincy, and the only incorporated city is Portola. The largest community in the county is ...
- south *
Shasta County, California Shasta County (), officially the County of Shasta, is a County (United States), county in the Northern California, northern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its population is 182,155 as of the 2020 census, up from 177,223 from the 2010 c ...
- west


National protected areas

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Lassen National Forest Lassen National Forest is a United States national forest of 1,700 square miles (4,300 km2) in northeastern California. It is named after pioneer Peter Lassen, who mined, ranched and promoted the area to emigrant parties in the 1850s. Wildli ...
(part) *
Lassen Volcanic National Park Lassen Volcanic National Park is an American national park in northeastern California. The dominant feature of the park is Lassen Peak, the largest lava dome, plug dome volcano in the world and the southernmost volcano in the Cascade Range. L ...
(part) *
Modoc National Forest Modoc National Forest is a U.S. national forest in Northeastern California. Geography The Modoc National Forest protects parts of Modoc (82.9% of acreage), Lassen (9.4%), and Siskiyou (7.7%) counties. Most of the forest was covered by immen ...
(part) *
Plumas National Forest Plumas National Forest is a 1,146,000-acre (4,638 km2) United States National Forest located at the northern terminus of the Sierra Nevada, in northern California. The Forest was named after its primary watershed, the Rio de las Plumas, or F ...
(part) * Toiyabe National Forest (part)


Demographics


2011


Places by population, race, and income


2010

The
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reported that Lassen County had a population of 34,895. The racial makeup of Lassen County was 25,532 (73.2%)
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, 2,834 (8.1%)
African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
, 1,234 (3.5%) Native American, 356 (1.0%)
Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 165 (0.5%)
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, 3,562 (10.2%) from
other races Other often refers to: * Other (philosophy), a concept in psychology and philosophy Other or The Other may also refer to: Film and television * ''The Other'' (1913 film), a German silent film directed by Max Mack * ''The Other'' (1930 film), a ...
, and 1,212 (3.5%) from two or more races.
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or
Latino Latino or Latinos most often refers to: * Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America * Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States * The people or cultures of Latin America; ** Latin A ...
of any race were 6,117 persons (17.5%).


2000

As of the
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of 2000, there were 33,828 people, 9,625 households, and 6,776 families residing in the county. The
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was 7 people per square mile (3/km2). There were 12,000 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile (1/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 80.8%
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, 8.8%
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or
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, 3.3% Native American, 0.7%
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, 0.4%
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, 3.2% from
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, and 2.7% from two or more races. 13.8% of the population were
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or
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of any race. 13.8% were of
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...
, 12.1%
Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
, 10.5%
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, 8.7%
American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...
and 5.0%
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ancestry according to
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. 88.2% spoke
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and 10.3%
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
as their first language. There were 9,625 households, out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were
married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were non-families. Of all households, 24.5% were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.08. In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.8% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 36.9% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 168.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 192.2 males. The median income for a household in the county was $36,310, and the median income for a family was $43,398. Males had a median income of $37,333 versus $26,561 for females. The
per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...
for the county was $14,749. About 11.1% of families and 14.0% of the population were below the
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, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.


Politics


Voter registration


Cities by population and voter registration


Overview

From
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through
1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
, Lassen was powerfully Democratic, voting for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election save
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
, when it voted for
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over
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by just 6.8%. From
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on, however, it has been overwhelmingly
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in presidential and congressional elections;
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(in 1976) remains the last Democrat to have carried the county. In both
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and
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, Lassen stood as
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's best county in the state, giving him a 50% or greater margin over overwhelming statewide winners
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and Joe Biden. Lassen County is in . is in the 1st
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District, represented by
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, and .


Crime

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.


Cities by population and crime rates


Infrastructure


Airports

Susanville Municipal Airport, Herlong Airport and Westwood Airport are general aviation airports in the county.


Major highways

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U.S. Route 395 U.S. Route 395 (US 395) is a U.S. Route in the western United States. The southern terminus of the route is in the Mojave Desert at Interstate 15 near Hesperia. The northern terminus is at the Canada–US border near Laurier, where the road be ...
* State Route 36 * State Route 44 * State Route 139 * State Route 299


Public transportation

Lassen Rural Bus Lassen is a Danish language, Danish and Norwegian language, Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Lars" (equivalent of Laurentius), and thus a parallel form of the more common surname Larsen. Notable people with the surname include: * Ander ...
(LRB), operated by the Lassen Transit Service Agency, runs a local service in Susanville, and longer distance routes to Westwood and Doyle.


Utilities

The Lassen Municipal Utility District (LMUD) is the primary
electric utility An electric utility is a company in the electric power industry (often a public utility) that engages in electricity generation and distribution of electricity for sale generally in a regulated market. The electrical utility industry is a major pr ...
in the county, and was created in 1986 by purchasing transmission facilities from CP National (now
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) at a cost of $19 million. In 2019 it had 42 employees, and the General Manager was Doug C. Smith. It is powered in part by the Honey Lake biomass power plant, which runs on wood waste from the nearby
Lassen National Forest Lassen National Forest is a United States national forest of 1,700 square miles (4,300 km2) in northeastern California. It is named after pioneer Peter Lassen, who mined, ranched and promoted the area to emigrant parties in the 1850s. Wildli ...
. The
Whaleback Fire The Whaleback Fire was a wildfire that burned on Whaleback Mountain in Spaulding, approximately 20 miles northwest of Susanville in Lassen County, California, in the United States. First reported on July 27, 2018, the Whaleback Fire burned , be ...
caused a significant outage in 2018.


Communities


City

* Susanville (county seat)


Census-designated places

*
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* Clear Creek *
Doyle Doyle is a surname of Irish origin. The name is a back-formation from O'Doyle, which is an Anglicisation of the Irish (), meaning "descendant of ''Dubhghall''". There is another possible etymology: the Anglo-Norman surname ''D'Oyley'' with agglut ...
* Herlong * Janesville * Johnstonville * Litchfield * Little Valley *
Madeline ''Madeline'' is a media franchise that originated as a series of children's books written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans, an Austrian-American author. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series a ...
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Milford Milford may refer to: Place names Canada * Milford (Annapolis), Nova Scotia * Milford (Halifax), Nova Scotia * Milford, Ontario England * Milford, Derbyshire * Milford, Devon, a place in Devon * Milford on Sea, Hampshire * Milford, Shro ...
* Nubieber * Patton Village * Spaulding * Stones Landing * Westwood


Unincorporated communities

* Ravendale * Standish * Termo * Wendel


Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2020 census of Lassen County. † ''county seat''


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lassen County, California __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lassen County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lassen County, Cali ...


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External links

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''Lassen County Times'' newspaper


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