Salmon Creek is an
unincorporated community
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settlement and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a 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 counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
Sonoma County
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,
California
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,
U.S.
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It is located on the
Pacific coast
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Geography Americas
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about 90 minutes drive north of
San Francisco
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, between the towns of
Jenner and
Bodega Bay, California
Bodega Bay is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States. The population was 912 at the 2020 census. The town, located along State Route 1, is on the eastern side of Bodega Harbor, an inlet of Bodega ...
. The population was 86 at the 2010 census.
The settlement is bounded to the north by
Salmon Creek, to the east by
State Route 1 and to the west and south by
Sonoma Coast State Beach
Sonoma Coast State Park is a State of California property in Sonoma County consisting of public access use on lands adjoining the Pacific Ocean. This extent of beach runs from a coastal point about north of Jenner and continues for approximatel ...
.
History
The
Coast Miwok
Coast Miwok are an indigenous people that was the second-largest group of Miwok people. Coast Miwok inhabited the general area of modern Marin County and southern Sonoma County in Northern California, from the Golden Gate north to Duncans Point ...
village of ''Pulya-lakum'' was formerly located near the mouth of Salmon Creek.
In 1812, the
Russian-American Company
The Russian-American Company Under the High Patronage of His Imperial Majesty (russian: Под высочайшим Его Императорского Величества покровительством Российская-Американс ...
established
Fort Ross
Fort Ross (Russian: Форт-Росс, Kashaya ''mé·ṭiʔni''), originally Fortress Ross ( pre-reformed Russian: Крѣпость Россъ, tr. ''Krepostʹ Ross''), is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North America in ...
about northwest of present-day Salmon Creek, bringing the area into the
Russian Empire
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's sphere of influence.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP covers an area of 1.1 square miles (2.9 km), all of it land.
Demographics
2010
The
2010 United States Census
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reported that Salmon Creek had a population of 86. The population density was . The racial makeup of Salmon Creek was 100.0%
White
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(98.8% non-Hispanic). 1.2% of the population was
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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** Latin A ...
of any race.
The Census reported that 100% of the population lived in households.
There were 45 households, out of which 2 (4.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 22 (48.9%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 2 (4.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1 (2.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1 (2.2%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 (0%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 18 households (40.0%) were made up of individuals, and 5 (11.1%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.91. There were 25
families
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(55.6% of all households); the average family size was 2.52.
The population was spread out, with 5 people (5.8%) under the age of 18, 3 people (3.5%) aged 18 to 24, 13 people (15.1%) aged 25 to 44, 42 people (48.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 23 people (26.7%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 59.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.5 males.
There were 116 housing units at an average density of , of which 75.6% were owner-occupied and 24.4% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 10.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 0%. 83.7% of the population lived in owner-occupied housing units and 16.3% lived in rental housing units.
2000
As of the Census 2000 the primary language spoken in the 94923 ZIP code were 83% English, 17% languages other than English including 13% Spanish, 2% German, 1% French, 1% Tagalog, and 1% Russian.
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, access date July 31, 2008
The population of the ZIP code was 1,769.
access date July 31, 2008 However, that ZIP code also includes the town of
Bodega Bay, California
Bodega Bay is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States. The population was 912 at the 2020 census. The town, located along State Route 1, is on the eastern side of Bodega Harbor, an inlet of Bodega ...
and rural areas. Salmon Creek was only designated a CDP for the 2010 census.
References
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Populated coastal places in California
Census-designated places in Sonoma County, California
Unincorporated communities in California
Unincorporated communities in Sonoma County, California
Census-designated places in California