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Ravendale is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Lassen County,
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. It is located southeast of Termo, at an elevation of 5,305 feet (1,617 m). The town was a station on the Nevada-California-Oregon Railway line, but unlike many such towns, survived past the abandonment of the line in the late 1990s. The Ravendale US post office opened in 1910, closed in 1920, and re-opened in 1921. The ZIP Code is 96123. The county maintains an unattended airstrip at the town with the FAA identifier O39. Susanville District, Ravendale Resource Area,
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operates a fire station here. The fire station transmitter call sign is KMC407. There is also a Ravendale Volunteer Fire Department. In 1939, Ravendale Elementary School's attendance dropped to zero students. The trustees questioned whether they were obligated to pay a teacher's salary and this matter was referred to
California Attorney General The attorney general of California is the state attorney general of the government of California. The officer must ensure that "the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced" (Constitution of California, Article V, Section 13). The ...
,
Earl Warren Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th governor of California from 1943 to 1953 and as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. The Warren Court presid ...
, who ruled in favor of the teacher.


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Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Lassen County, California {{LassenCountyCA-geo-stub