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Shasta County

Shasta County is in the region of . The county is a land of mountains, lakes and rivers, in particular massive Shasta Lake, California's largest reservoir and the "houseboat capital of the world".
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Redding and Anderson.

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The City of , in Shasta County, , and its surrounding area has numerous outdoor and indoor activities, including two lakes and two active volcanos within close driving distance.

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, in Shasta County in , is named after Elias , who granted the Oregon and California Railroad trackage rights and land for a station. Today, the city has a population of 9,000, and is about 10 miles from .

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The city of , known as Central Valley or CV prior to incorporation, is a city in Shasta County, California, United States. It is the closest settlement to and reservoir, which are popular tourist destinations.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Cottonwood and French Gulch.

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is a census-designated place in Shasta County, , United States. Its population is 6,268 as of the 2020 census, up from 3,316 from the 2010 census.

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is a community of 350 people in Shasta County in the region of . The Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

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is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Shasta County, , United States. Its population is 3,000 as of the 2020 census, down from 3,154 from the 2010 census.

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is a census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States. Its population is 2,442, as of the 2020 census. is a town located along California State Route 44 in the hills just below .

is a census-designated place in Shasta County, , United States. It is 8 miles east of . Its population is 2,931 as of the 2020 census, up from 1,269 from the 2010 census.

is a census-designated place in Shasta County, , United States. Its population is 176 as of the 2020 census, up from 163 from the 2010 census. The town and associated creek were named after Zachariah Montgomery.

is a census-designated place in Shasta County, , United States. Its population is 334 as of the 2020 census, down from 338 from the 2010 census. is a small ranching community, located 4 mi east of .

of the Madesi Valley is the indigenous homeland of the Madesi tribe, located in Shasta County, northeastern . It is named for a major change in course of the .

is a census-designated place in Shasta County, , United States. Its population is 160 as of the 2020 census, up from 155 from the 2010 census.

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, colloquially referred to as Fall River, is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Shasta County, , United States. Its population is 616 as of the 2020 census, up from 573 from the 2010 census.

is a town in County in the region of . In the mid 19th century, was the commercial and shipping hub for northern California mines.

is a census-designated place in Shasta County, . sits at an elevation of 1,447 feet. is located halfway between and . Its population is 469 as of the 2020 census, up from 461 from the 2010 census.

Shasta County

Latitude of center
40.7965° or 40° 47′ 47″ north
Longitude of center
-121.9979° or 121° 59′ 53″ west
Population
182,000
Elevation
1,844 feet (562 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316944790
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5571096
Wiki­data ID
Q156350
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Shasta County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shasta County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة شاستا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه شاستا، كاليفورنيا”
  • Armenian: “Շաստա շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Shasta”
  • Asturian: “Shasta (condáu)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şasta qraflığı”
  • Basque: “Shasta konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Shasta County, Kalifornien”
  • Bavarian: “Shasta County”
  • Belarusian: “Шаста”
  • Bengali: “শাস্তা কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া”
  • Bengali: “শাস্তা কাউন্টি”
  • Bishnupriya: “শাস্তা কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “শাস্তা কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Шаста”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Shasta”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Shasta”
  • Cebuano: “Shasta County”
  • Chechen: “Шаста”
  • Chinese: “Shasta Kūn”
  • Chinese: “沙斯塔县”
  • Chinese: “沙斯塔縣”
  • Czech: “Shasta County”
  • Danish: “Shasta County”
  • Dutch: “Shasta County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Ŝasta”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Shasta”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Shasta”
  • Estonian: “Shasta maakond”
  • Finnish: “Shastan piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Shasta”
  • French: “comté de Shasta”
  • French: “Comté de Shasta”
  • Georgian: “შასტის ოლქი”
  • German: “Shasta County”
  • Gilaki: “شاستا شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז שסטה”
  • Hungarian: “Shasta megye”
  • Icelandic: “Shasta County”
  • Icelandic: “Shasta-sýsla”
  • Irish: “Contae Shasta, California”
  • Irish: “Contae Shasta”
  • Italian: “contea di Shasta”
  • Italian: “Contea di Shasta”
  • Italian: “Shasta County”
  • Japanese: “シャスタ郡”
  • Korean: “샤스타군”
  • Latin: “Shasta Comitatus”
  • Limburgan: “Shasta County”
  • Low German: “Shasta County”
  • Malayalam: “ശാസ്ത കൌണ്ടി”
  • Marathi: “शास्ता काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “شاستا شهرستان (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “شاستا شهرستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shasta Kūn”
  • Nepali: “सास्ता काउन्टी”
  • Northern Frisian: “Shasta County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shasta County”
  • Norwegian: “Shasta County”
  • Pampanga: “Shasta County, California”
  • Pampanga: “Shasta County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شاستا، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شاستا”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Shasta”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Shasta”
  • Russian: “Шаста”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Shasta”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Shasta County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Шаста”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shasta County, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shasta County”
  • Sindhi: “شاستا ڪائونٽي، ڪيليفورنيا”
  • Sindhi: “شاستا ڪائونٽي”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Shasta”
  • Slovenian: “Shasta County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Shasta (California)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Shasta”
  • Spanish: “Shasta County California”
  • Spanish: “Shasta County”
  • Swedish: “Shasta County”
  • Tagalog: “Kondado ng Shasta, California”
  • Tagalog: “Shasta County”
  • Tatar: “Шаста (округ, Калифорния)”
  • Tatar: “Шаста”
  • Tumbuka: “Shasta County, California”
  • Tumbuka: “Shasta County”
  • Turkish: “Shasta County, CA”
  • Turkish: “Shasta County, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Shasta County, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Shasta County”
  • Turkish: “Shasta ilçesi, CA”
  • Turkish: “Shasta ilçesi, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Shasta ilçesi, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Shasta ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Шаста”
  • Ukrainian: “Шеста”
  • Urdu: “شاستا کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Venetian: “contea de Shasta”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Shasta, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Shasta”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Shasta, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Shasta”
  • Welsh: “Shasta County, Califfornia”
  • Welsh: “Shasta County”
  • Western Panjabi: “شاستا کاؤنٹی”
  • “Shasta”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Shasta County”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.