Newell is a

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in the United States. It is located west-northwest of Alturas, at an elevation of . Its population is 301 as of the 2020 census, down from 449 from the 2010 census. The community is located along State Route 139 south of

Tulelake Tulelake ( ) is a city in northeastern Siskiyou County, California, United States. The town is named after nearby Tule Lake. Its population is 902 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,010 from the 2010 census. Tulelake peace officers are authori ...

and about south of the

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border. It is less than south of Tulelake on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute quadrangle, ''Newell, California''. The U.S. Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database, calls its existence official with a feature ID of 1659219 and lists the coordinates of the community as . The ZIP Code is 96134: a code shared with several other local towns. The community is inside

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History

The town was named in honor of Frederick Haynes Newell, director of the United States Reclamation Service.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP covers an area of , 99.76% of it land, and 0.24% of it water.

Demographics

The

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reported that Newell had a population of 449. The population density was . The racial makeup of Newell was 199 (44.3%)

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, 2 (0.4%)

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, 23 (5.1%) Native American, 1 (0.2%) Asian, 5 (1.1%)

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, 193 (43.0%) from

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, and 26 (5.8%) from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 271 persons (60.4%). The Census reported that 449 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 136 households, out of which 69 (50.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 74 (54.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 24 (17.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 8 (5.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 10 (7.4%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 (0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 23 households (16.9%) were made up of individuals, and 8 (5.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.30. There were 106 families (77.9% of all households); the average family size was 3.68. The population was spread out, with 167 people (37.2%) under the age of 18, 36 people (8.0%) aged 18 to 24, 116 people (25.8%) aged 25 to 44, 90 people (20.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 40 people (8.9%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.9 males. There were 209 housing units at an average density of , of which 83 (61.0%) were owner-occupied, and 53 (39.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.6%. 259 people (57.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 190 people (42.3%) lived in rental housing units.

Politics

In the

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, Newell is in , and . Federally, Newell is in .

Landmarks

* There are many grain and horseradish storage facilities in or near Newell. * Newell Elementary School, operated by Tulelake Basin Joint Unified School District, is a local landmark. * Tulelake Municipal Airport (FAA identifier: 081 or zero-eight-one) features a paved runway. The Common Traffic Advisory Frequency is 122.9 MHz. * The site of the World War II U.S. Army facility named the

Tule Lake War Relocation Center The Tule Lake National Monument in Modoc and Siskiyou counties in California, consists primarily of the site of the Tule Lake War Relocation Center, one of ten concentration camps constructed in 1942 by the United States government to incarce ...

is near the north end of the community. The center was a prison camp for interned Japanese nationals, and U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry, during a portion of the war. * The

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Modoc Subdivision tracks run along the west side of town and parallel to SR139. * Tulelake National Wildlife Refuge, a unit of Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, is northwest of the town. This is a U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service federal reservation.

Sources

* Map: ''Lava Beds National Monument, California'', 417-648/40240 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1997). * U.S. Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database. * Map: U.S. Geological Survey, Newell, California, 7.5-minute Quadrangle, 1993. * ''California Region Timetable: 14'', (Modesto, California: Altamont Press, 2003).

References

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