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Castella, California - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 41°9′19.73″N 122°17′33.13″W / 41.1554806°N 122.2925361°W

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Castella, California
Unincorporated community Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 41°9′19.73″N 122°17′33.13″W / 41.1554806°N 122.2925361°W / 41.1554806; -122.2925361
Country	United States
State	California
County	Shasta County
Area ^[1]
• Total	1.186 sq mi (3.07 km²)
• Land	1.119 sq mi (2.90 km²)
• Water	0.067 sq mi (0.17 km²)
Elevation ^[2]	2,097 ft (639 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	214
• Density	180/sq mi (70/km²)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID	2813347^[2]

Castella is a small, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the upper Sacramento Canyon of Shasta County, California. It is located 46 miles north of Redding on Interstate 5, and is home to Castle Crags State Park. Its population is 214 as of the 2020 census. It has a Chevron gas station/store and a post office. The ZIP Code is 96017. The community is inside area code 530.

Commerce and tourism

Located in the Shasta Cascade area of Northern California, Castella sees many visitors and has a number of summer homes in the area. Visitors use Castella as a base to engage in nationally recognized trout fishing in the nearby Sacramento^[3]^[4]^[5] McCloud^[3]^[4] and Klamath,^[3] Rivers, or come to see and climb Mount Shasta, Castle Crags or the Trinity Alps.^[6] Visitors also engage in nearby skiing (both alpine and cross-country), or bike or hike to the waterfalls, streams and lakes in the area, including nearby Mossbrae Falls, Lake Siskiyou, Castle Lake and Shasta Lake.^[6]

Politics

In the state legislature Castella is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and in the 1st Assembly District, represented by Republican Brian Dahle.

Federally, Castella is in California's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa.^[7]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	214		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[8] 1850–1870^[9]^[10] 1880-1890^[11] 1900^[12] 1910^[13] 1920^[14] 1930^[15] 1940^[16] 1950^[17] 1960^[18] 1970^[19] 1980^[20] 1990^[21] 2000^[22] 2010^[23]

Castella first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.^[24]^[25]

2020 census

**Castella CDP, California – Racial and ethnic composition**
*Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.*
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2020^[25]	% 2020
White alone (NH)	182	85.05%
Black or African American alone (NH)	2	0.93%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	2	0.93%
Asian alone (NH)	1	0.47%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	3	1.40%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)	8	3.74%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	16	7.48%
Total	214	100.00%

References

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files - California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Castella Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ^a ^b ^c Siskiyou County information site Archived 2009-08-17 at the Wayback Machine accessed 2008-02-21.
^ ^a ^b Ross, John (2005). Trout Unlimited's Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams, Updated and Revised. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press. ISBN 1-59228-585-6.
^ Brooks, Wade (2006). Fly fishing and the meaning of life. St. Paul, MN: Voyageur Press. ISBN 0-7603-2575-8., p. 92. Excerpts of the text of this book are available here courtesy of Google Books,
^ ^a ^b Outdoor recreational activities in area Archived January 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine accessed 2008-02-24.
^ "California's 1st Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
^ "Decennial Census by Decade". United States Census Bureau.
^ "1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "2020 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.
^ ^a ^b "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Castella CDP, California". United States Census Bureau.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Shasta County, California, United States
County seat: Redding
Cities	Anderson Redding Shasta Lake	Shasta County map
CDPs	Bella Vista Big Bend Burney Cassel Castella Centerville Cottonwood Fall River Mills French Gulch Happy Valley Hat Creek Igo Johnson Park Jones Valley Keswick Lakehead McArthur Millville Montgomery Creek Mountain Gate Oak Run Old Station Ono Palo Cedro Platina Round Mountain Shasta Shingletown Whitmore
Unincorporated communities	Beegum Dana Enterprise Ingot Lakehead-Lakeshore O'Brien Pollard Flat Viola
Indian reservations	Big Bend Rancheria Redding Rancheria
Ghost towns	Bald Hills Bayles Briggsville Delta Dog Creek Gas Point Hazel Creek Horsetown Kennett Lower Springs Piety Hill Texas Springs Tower House Whiskeytown
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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