Palo Cedro
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census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Shasta
- Total
- 8.288 sq mi (21.465 km )
- Land
- 8.180 sq mi (21.185 km )
- Water
- 0.108 sq mi (0.281 km ) 1.31%
- Elevation
- 469 ft (143 m)
- Density
- 358.3/sq mi (138.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 (PDT)
- Area code s
- 530, 837
- Fips code
- 06-55296
- Gnis feature id
- 0230275
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Palo Cedro (Spanish for "Cedar Wood") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Shasta County, California, United States. It is 8 miles (13 km) east of Redding. Its population is 2,931 as of the 2020 census, up from 1,269 from the 2010 census.
Originally, indigenous Native Americans lived in Northern California, including what is now Shasta County, prior to European American settlement. European American exploration of inland California started in 1769 and continued on into the 19th century. Cow Creek, a Sacramento River tributary that runs south through Palo Cedro, was a conduit for entrance into the Sacramento Valley by Hudson Bay Fur Company trappers including Alexander McLeod (1829) and John Work (1832). The town is named after cedarwood trees originally indigenous to the area in the 19th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palo Cedro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.