McCloud
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McCloud is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Its population is 945 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,101 from the 2010 census. A. F. Friday George erected a lumber mill here in 1892. Difficulty hauling lumber over hills by oxen caused the business to fail. The McCloud River Railroad Company was founded in 1895, enabling the transport of lumber from the region. A lumber mill was built by the McCloud River Lumber Company, and electricity and steam heat for homes in McCloud was supplied by the mill. The mill was sold in 1963 to U.S. Plywood, and in 1965, company homes in McCloud were transferred to private owners. The McCloud Community Services District was formed to oversee utilities, library services, and police and fire protection. The lumber mill closed in 1979, re-opened in 1980, and closed in 2002. McCloud is located on the southern slope of Mount Shasta. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), of which 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (2.65%) is water. This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, McCloud has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. The 2020 United States census reported that McCloud had a population of 945. The population density was 390.2 inhabitants per square mile (150.7/km2). The racial makeup of McCloud was 789 (83.5%) White, 3 (0.3%) African American, 4 (0.4%) Native American, 6 (0.6%) Asian, 3 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 14 (1.5%) from other races, and 126 (13.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 75 persons (7.9%). The whole population lived in households. There were 477 households, out of which 56 (11.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 203 (42.6%) were married-couple households, 24 (5.0%) were cohabiting couple households, 139 (29.1%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 111 (23.3%) had a male householder with no partner present. 187 households (39.2%) were one person, and 113 (23.7%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.98. There were 255 families (53.5% of all households). The age distribution was 116 people (12.3%) under the age of 18, 46 people (4.9%) aged 18 to 24, 126 people (13.3%) aged 25 to 44, 297 people (31.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 360 people (38.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 60.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.8 males.
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McCloud was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1990.
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