Willows, California

Willows, California
City of Willows
The historic Willows post office
The historic Willows post office
Location within Glenn County
Location within Glenn County
Willows is located in California
Willows
Willows
Location within California
Willows is located in the United States
Willows
Willows
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 39°31′28″N 122°11′37″W / 39.52444°N 122.19361°W / 39.52444; -122.19361
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyGlenn
IncorporatedJanuary 16, 1886[1]
Area
 • City2.85 sq mi (7.38 km2)
 • Land2.84 sq mi (7.34 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)  0.92%
Elevation138 ft (42 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • City6,166
 • Estimate 
(2019)[4]
6,072
 • Density2,141.04/sq mi (826.75/km2)
 • Metro
74,337,899
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
95988
Area code530
FIPS code06-85684
GNIS feature IDs1660184, 2412272
Websitecityofwillows.org

Willows is a city and the county seat of Glenn County, California, located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California. The city is home to regional government offices, including the California Highway Patrol, the California Department of Motor Vehicles, the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the main offices of the Mendocino National Forest, which comprises about one million acres (404,686 ha) of Federal land located mostly in mountainous terrain west of Willows. The population was 6,293 at the 2020 census.[5]

  1. ^ "California Cities by Incorporation Date" (Word). California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "Willows". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Search Results". The United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 11, 2022.