Dunsmuir, California | |
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City of Dunsmuir | |
Motto: "Home of the best water on Earth" | |
Coordinates: 41°13′18″N 122°16′23″W / 41.22167°N 122.27306°W | |
Country | United States of America |
State | California |
County | Siskiyou |
Incorporated | August 7, 1909[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Matthew Bryan[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 1.64 sq mi (4.25 km2) |
• Land | 1.60 sq mi (4.16 km2) |
• Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2) 2.14% |
Elevation | 2,290 ft (698 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,707 |
• Density | 1,064.21/sq mi (410.79/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP Code | 96025 |
Area code | 530 |
FIPS code | 06-20242 |
GNIS feature IDs | 277501, 2410372 |
Website | ci |
Dunsmuir is a city in Siskiyou County, northern California. It is on the upper Sacramento River. Its population is 1,707 as of the 2020 census, up from 1,650 from the 2010 census.
Dunsmuir is currently a hub for tourism in Northern California, with Interstate 5 passing through it. Visitors enjoy fishing, skiing, climbing, or sight-seeing. During the steam locomotive railroad era, it was the site of an important Central Pacific (and later Southern Pacific) railroad yard, where extra steam locomotives were added to assist trains on the grade to the north.