Modoc County

Modoc County is in the region of in the extreme northeastern corner of the state. It is home to only about 10,000 people, or slightly more than two people per square mile.
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is the only incorporated city in Modoc County, California of which it is also the county seat. Located in the region of , the city had a population of 2,715 at the 2020 census.

Modoc County

Latitude of center
41.545° or 41° 32′ 42″ north
Longitude of center
-120.7436° or 120° 44′ 37″ west
Population
8,700
Elevation
5,089 feet (1,551 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316944807
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5568120
Wiki­data ID
Q109695
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Modoc County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Modoc County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة مودوك
  • Arabic: مقاطعه مودوك، كاليفورنيا
  • Armenian: Մոդոկ շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Modoc
  • Asturian: Modoc (condáu)
  • Azerbaijani: Modok qraflığı
  • Basque: Modoc konderria
  • Bavarian: Modoc County, Kalifornien
  • Bavarian: Modoc County
  • Bengali: মোডক কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া
  • Bengali: মোডক কাউন্টি
  • Bishnupriya: মোডোক কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া
  • Bishnupriya: মোডোক কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Модок
  • Catalan: comtat de Modoc
  • Cebuano: Modoc County
  • Chechen: Модок
  • Chinese: Modoc Kūn
  • Chinese: 莫多克县
  • Chinese: 莫多克縣
  • Czech: Modoc County
  • Danish: Modoc County
  • Dutch: Modoc County
  • Egyptian Arabic: مودوك كاونتى
  • Esperanto: kantono Modoc
  • Esperanto: Kantono Modoc
  • Finnish: Modocin piirikunta
  • French: Comte de Modoc
  • French: comté de Modoc
  • French: Comté de Modoc
  • Georgian: მოდოკის ოლქი
  • German: Modoc County
  • Gilaki: مودوک ٚ شأرستان
  • Hebrew: מודק
  • Hebrew: מחוז מודק
  • Hungarian: Modoc megye
  • Icelandic: Modoc County
  • Icelandic: Modoc-sýsla
  • Irish: Contae Modoc, California
  • Irish: Contae Modoc
  • Italian: contea di Modoc
  • Italian: Contea di Modoc
  • Italian: Modoc County
  • Japanese: モドック郡
  • Korean: 모독군
  • Latin: Modoc Comitatus
  • Limburgan: Modoc County
  • Low German: Modoc County
  • Malayalam: മൊഡോക് കൌണ്ടി
  • Marathi: मॉडॉक काउंटी
  • Mazanderani: مودوک شهرستان (کالیفورنیا)
  • Mazanderani: مودوک شهرستان
  • Min Nan Chinese: Modoc Kūn
  • Northern Frisian: Modoc County
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Modoc County
  • Norwegian: Modoc County
  • Pampanga: Modoc County, California
  • Pampanga: Modoc County
  • Persian: شهرستان مودوک، کالیفرنیا
  • Persian: شهرستان مودوک
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Modoc
  • Portuguese: Condado de Modoc
  • Russian: Модок
  • Sardinian: contea de Modoc
  • Serbian: Округ Модок
  • Serbo-Croatian: Modoc County, California
  • Serbo-Croatian: Modoc County
  • Spanish: Condado de Modoc (California)
  • Spanish: Condado de Modoc
  • Swedish: Modoc County
  • Tagalog: Kondado ng Modoc, California
  • Tagalog: Modoc County
  • Tatar: Модок (округ, Калифорния)
  • Tatar: Модок
  • Tumbuka: Modoc County, California
  • Tumbuka: Modoc County
  • Turkish: Modoc County, CA
  • Turkish: Modoc County, Calif.
  • Turkish: Modoc County, Kaliforniya
  • Turkish: Modoc County
  • Turkish: Modoc ilçesi, CA
  • Turkish: Modoc ilçesi, Calif.
  • Turkish: Modoc ilçesi, Kaliforniya
  • Turkish: Modoc İlçesi, Kaliforniya
  • Turkish: Modoc ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Модок
  • Ukrainian: Модос
  • Urdu: موڈوک کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا
  • Venetian: contea de Modoc
  • Vietnamese: Quận Modoc, California
  • Vietnamese: Quận Modoc
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Modoc, California
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Modoc
  • Welsh: Modoc County, Califfornia
  • Welsh: Modoc County
  • Western Panjabi: موڈوک کاؤنٹی
  • Modoc

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