Yreka, California

Yreka, California
Yreka, California
City
	Downtown Yreka in 2011
	Location in Siskiyou County and the state of California
	Yreka Location in the United States Yreka Yreka (the United States)
	Coordinates: 41°43′36″N 122°38′15″W / 41.72667°N 122.63750°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Siskiyou
Incorporated	April 21, 1857
Government
• Type	Council–manager
Area
• Total	10.06 sq mi (26.05 km2)
• Land	9.98 sq mi (25.86 km2)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.19 km2) 0.72%
Elevation	2,589 ft (789 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	7,807
• Density	752.9/sq mi (290.70/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP code	96097
Area code	530
FIPS code	06-86944
GNIS feature ID	1652661
Website	ci.yreka.ca.us

Yreka (/waɪˈriːkə/ wy-REE-kə) is the county seat of Siskiyou County, California, United States, near the Shasta River; the city has an area of about 10 square miles (26 km²), most of it land. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 7,807, reflecting a meager increase from 7,765 counted in the 2010 Census.^[7] Yreka is home to the College of the Siskiyous, Klamath National Forest Interpretive Museum and the Siskiyou County Museum.

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