Janesville (also known as Lassen)
[ is a sparsely populated ]census-designated place
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in Lassen County, California
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.[ It is located southeast of Susanville,][ Janesville is located on the eastern slopes of the ]Sierra Nevada
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Mountain range. Its population is 2,461 as of the 2020 census, up from 1,408 from the 2010 census.
The community consists of an elementary school, a park, four churches, two gas stations, a pizza parlor, a coffee shop, a veterinary hospital, a hardware store, a post office, a Dollar General and a few other businesses.
Janesville stretches over a distance of . Its ZIP Code is 96114. The community is inside area code 530
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.
History
Fort Janesville
In 1860, after the First Battle of Pyramid Lake
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, part of the Paiute War
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and the Ormsby Massacre, settlers built a loopholed stockade for protection from an Indian attack that never materialized. The fort, which had a bastion, or block house, in its southwest corner, was located less than a mile from the town of Janesville. The site of the fort is now a California Historic Landmark No.758.
In 1864, Janesville lost to Susanville by one vote from becoming the county seat. The Janesville post office opened in 1861, closed for a time in 1864, changed its name to Lassen in 1914, and renamed to Janesville in 1923. The name honors Jane Bankhead, wife of an early settler.[
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 33.8 square miles (87.6 km), of which over 99% is land.
Demographics
Janesville first appeared as a census designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the 2010 U.S. Census.[
The 2020 United States census reported that Janesville had a population of 2,461. The population density was . The racial makeup of Janesville was 84.1% ]White
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, 0.2% African American
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, 2.2% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander
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, 2.2% from other races, and 10.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.9% of the population.cohabiting
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couple households, 15.1% had a female householder with no partner present, and 20.1% had a male householder with no partner present. 24.1% of households were one person, and 10.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.57.[ There were 669 ]families
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(69.8% of all households).
The age distribution was 21.7% under the age of 18, 6.5% aged 18 to 24, 21.9% aged 25 to 44, 30.7% aged 45 to 64, and 19.2% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 44.9years. For every 100 females, there were 111.1 males.[
There were 1,099 housing units at an average density of , of which 958 (87.2%) were occupied. Of these, 82.3% were owner-occupied, and 17.7% were occupied by renters.][
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $70,938, and the ]per capita income
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was $37,453. About 2.5% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line.
Politics
In the state legislature
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, Janesville is in , and .
Federally, Janesville is in .
See also
* California Historical Landmarks in Lassen County
References
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Census-designated places in Lassen County, California
Census-designated places in California