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Crescent City
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city in and seat of Del Norte County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Del Norte
- Incorporated
- April 13, 1854
- Type
- Mayor/Council
- Mayor
- Isaiah Wright
- State senator
- Mike McGuire ( D )
- Assemblymember
- Chris Rogers ( D )
- U s rep
- Jared Huffman ( D )
- Total
- 2.41 sq mi (6.25 km )
- Land
- 1.97 sq mi (5.09 km )
- Water
- 0.45 sq mi (1.17 km ) 18.7%
- Elevation
- 43 ft (13 m)
- Density
- 3,398.7/sq mi (1,312.26/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-08:00 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-07:00 ( PDT )
- Zip codes
- 95531, 95532, 95538
- Area code
- 707, 369
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Encyclopedic overview
Crescent City (Tolowa: Taa-’at-dvn; Yurok: Kohpey; Wiyot: Daluwagh) is the only incorporated city in Del Norte County, California, United States, of which it is also the county seat. The city is on the North Coast of California and had a total population of 6,673 in the 2020 census, down from 7,643 in the 2010 census.
The city is the site of the Redwood National Park headquarters, as well as the historic Battery Point Light. Due to the richness of the local Pacific Ocean waters and the related catch, and ease of access, Crescent City Harbor serves as home port for numerous commercial fishing vessels. The population includes inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison, also within the city limits, and the former census-designated place Crescent City North annexed to the city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crescent City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.