New Pine Creek (formerly, Pine Creek) is a

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. It is located on the

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border north-northeast of Willow Ranch, at an elevation of 4842 feet (1476 m). Its population is 87 as of the 2020 census, down from 98 from the 2010 census. A 1913 book described Pine Creek as being on Goose Lake and having a population of 300. Despite straddling the California-Oregon border (part of the community is in

), New Pine Creek is not the northernmost settlement in the state of California. A surveying error in 1868 placed the actual border half a mile south of the statutory border (the 42nd parallel). Delegations from California and Oregon held talks on the issue in 1984 after the error was discovered, but did not ultimately change New Pine Creek's status.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP covers an area of 2.3 square miles (5.9 km), all land.

Demographics

New Pine Creek first appeared as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census. The 2020 United States census reported that New Pine Creek had a population of 87. The population density was . The racial makeup of New Pine Creek was 76 (87%)

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, 0 (0%)

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, 3 (3%) Native American, 0 (0%) Asian, 0 (0%)

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, 0 (0%) from other races, and 8 (9%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 2 persons (2%). The whole population lived in households. There were 46 households, out of which 5 (11%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 18 (39%) were married-couple households, 0 (0%) were

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couple households, 14 (30%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 14 (30%) had a male householder with no partner present. 14 households (30%) were one person, and 8 (17%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.89. There were 28

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(61% of all households). The age distribution was 11 people (13%) under the age of 18, 3 people (3%) aged 18 to 24, 7 people (8%) aged 25 to 44, 31 people (36%) aged 45 to 64, and 35 people (40%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 59.2years. There were 44 males and 43 females. There were 65 housing units at an average density of , of which 46 (71%) were occupied. Of these, 40 (87%) were owner-occupied, and 6 (13%) were occupied by renters.

Climate

Politics

In the

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, New Pine Creek is in , and . Federally, New Pine Creek is in .

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Modoc County, California Census-designated places in California

Geography

Demographics

Climate

Politics

See also

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