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Dunsmuir

city in Siskiyou County, California, United States

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Country: United States
State: California
County: Siskiyou
Incorporated: August 7, 1909
Mayor: Michael McClarno
Total: 1.64 sq mi (4.25 km )
Land: 1.61 sq mi (4.16 km )
Water: 0.035 sq mi (0.09 km ) 2.14%
Elevation: 2,290 ft (698 m)
Density: 1,063.9/sq mi (410.79/km )
Time zone: UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
Summer dst: UTC-7 (PDT)
Fips code: 06-20242
Gnis feature ids: 277501 , 2410372
Website: ci .dunsmuir .ca .us

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Dunsmuir is a city in Siskiyou County, 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.