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Oak Run, California
Unincorporated community Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 40°41′24.73″N 122°1′42.56″W / 40.6902028°N 122.0284889°W / 40.6902028; -122.0284889
Country	United States
State	California
County	Shasta County
Area
• Total	1.383 sq mi (3.58 km)
• Land	3.013 sq mi (7.80 km)
• Water	0.005 sq mi (0.01 km)
Elevation	1,565 ft (477 m)
Population
• Total	158
• Density	110/sq mi (44/km)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID	2813353

Oak Run (also Oakrun) is a small an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) 23 miles (37 km) east of Redding in Shasta County, California, United States. Its population is 158 as of the 2020 census. It has a store and a post office run by a family who lives in the town-famous "Oak Run House", just behind the store and post office. It also has a church, school, library, a volunteer fire department and 765 people. The ZIP Code is 96069. The community is inside area code 530. It was the site of a massacre of 300 Yana Indians in 1864

Politics

In the state legislature Oak Run is in the 1st State Senate District, represented by Republican Brian Dahle, and in the 1st State Assembly District, represented by Republican Megan Dahle.

Federally, Oak Run is in California's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa.

Economy

Oak Run is home to the Phillips Brothers Mill, the last fully steam-powered sawmill in the United States, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Climate

This region experiences warm, and occasionally hot, dry summers, with the average monthly temperatures in the summer months of July, August, and September averaging, respectively, 93, 93, and 89 °F. Two month, January and February, experience freezing weather, with 12 inches of annual snowfall. The area receives an average of 63 inches of rain annually, concentrated during the months of November through March. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Oak Run has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

Demographics

Oak Run first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.

2020 Census

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files - California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
2. ^ "Oak Run Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. "Oak Run, California". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
4. Madley, Benjamin (2012). "The Genocide of California's Yana Indians". In Totten, Samuel; Parsons, Williams S. (eds.). Centuries of Genocide: Essays and Eyewitness Accounts. Routledge. pp. 16–53. ISBN 978-0-415871-921.
5. "California's 1st Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
6. "Phillips Brothers Mill - About Us".
7. "Oak Run, California Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase)".
8. "Decennial Census by Decade". US Census Bureau.
9. "1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
10. "1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
11. "1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
12. "1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
13. "1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
14. "1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
15. "1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
16. "1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
17. "1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
18. "1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
19. "1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
20. "1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
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24. ^ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Oak Run CDP, California". United States Census Bureau.
25. "2020 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Shasta County, California, United States
County seat: Redding
Cities	Anderson Redding Shasta Lake
CDPs	Bella Vista Big Bend Burney Cassel Castella Centerville Cottonwood Fall River Mills French Gulch Happy Valley Hat Creek Igo Johnson Park Jones Valley Keswick Lakehead McArthur Millville Montgomery Creek Mountain Gate Oak Run Old Station Ono Palo Cedro Platina Round Mountain Shasta Shingletown Whitmore
Unincorporated communities	Beegum Dana Enterprise Ingot Lakehead-Lakeshore O'Brien Pollard Flat Viola
Indian reservations	Big Bend Rancheria Redding Rancheria
Ghost towns	Bald Hills Bayles Briggsville Delta Dog Creek Gas Point Hazel Creek Horsetown Kennett Lower Springs Piety Hill Texas Springs Tower House Whiskeytown
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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