Eagleville is a

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. It is located east-southeast of

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, at an elevation of 4642 feet (1415 m). Its population is 45 as of the 2020 census, down from 59 from the 2010 census. Located in Surprise Valley, Eagleville is a small community south of Cedarville. The ZIP code is 96110. Wired telephone numbers in the community follow the format ( 530) 279-2xxx or 279-6xxx and appear to be served out of the Cedarville

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. Wired telephone service is provided by Citizens Utilities. The Eagleville Airport, (FAA identifier: A22), is closed indefinitely as of winter 2000. FAA coordinates for the airport are . Elevation above mean sea level for the area was listed as roughly .

History

The first post office at Eagleville opened in 1868. A 1913 book described Eagleville as being in Modoc County, on one of the Alkali Lakes, and having a population of 150.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP covers an area of 1.0 square mile (2.5 km), all land.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Eagleville had a population of 45. The population density was . The racial makeup of Eagleville was 37 (82%)

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, 3 (7%)

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, and 5 (11%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 3 persons (7%). The whole population lived in households. There were 26 households, out of which 0 (0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 9 (35%) were married-couple households, 3 (12%) were

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couple households, 12 (46%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 2 (8%) had a male householder with no partner present. 13 households (50%) were one person, and 11 (42%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.73. There were 10

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(38.5% of all households). The age distribution was 3 people (7%) under the age of 18, 2 people (4%) aged 18 to 24, 5 people (11%) aged 25 to 44, 10 people (22%) aged 45 to 64, and 25 people (56%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 65.8years. There were 15 males and 30 females. There were 47 housing units at an average density of , of which 26 (55.3%) were occupied. All of these were occupied by the homeowners, and none by renters.

Notable residents

Joseph Floyd "Arky" Vaughan (March 9, 1912 – August 30, 1952), an American

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player. He played 14 seasons in

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between 1932 and 1948 for the

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and

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, primarily as a

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. After his retirement from baseball, he owned a ranch near Eagleville; he drowned in an accident while fishing with a friend. He was elected to the

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in 1985.

Politics

In the

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, Eagleville is in , and . Federally, Eagleville is in .

References

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