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Weed
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city in Siskiyou County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Siskiyou
- Incorporated
- January 25, 1961
- Mayor
- Darrell Parham
- Mayor pro tem
- Ken Palfini
- Total
- 4.82 sq mi (12.49 km )
- Land
- 4.82 sq mi (12.48 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km ) 0.11%
- Elevation
- 3,425 ft (1,044 m)
- Density
- 594.0/sq mi (229.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 06-83850
- Website
- www .ci .weed .ca .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Weed
- Population
- 2862
- Area
- 12.41722
- Elevation
- 3425
- Official website
- www.ci.weed.ca.us
- Image
- Weed CA.jpg
- Households
- 1154
- Dialing code
- 530
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- inception
- 1961-01-25
- water as percent of area
- 0.0993
- P8168
- 4
- water area
- 0.012325
- per capita income
- 38927
- Commons category
- Weed, California
- postal code
- 96094
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Weed is a city in Siskiyou County, California, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a total population of 2,862, down from 2,967 in 2010. There are several unincorporated communities adjacent to, or just outside of Weed, including Edgewood, Carrick, and Lake Shastina. These communities generally have mailing addresses that use Weed or its ZIP Code. Weed is about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Mount Shasta, a prominent northern California landmark, and the second tallest volcano in the Cascade Range.
Weed's city motto is "Weed like to welcome you". Weed has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.