Oak Run, California | |
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  Oak Run, California Location in California  Oak Run, California Oak Run, California (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°41′24.73″N 122°1′42.56″W / 40.6902028°N 122.0284889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Shasta County |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.383 sq mi (3.58 km2) |
| • Land | 3.013 sq mi (7.80 km2) |
| • Water | 0.005 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,565 ft (477 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 158 |
| • Density | 110/sq mi (44/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 2813353[2] |
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.[3] 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 [4]
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files - California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ a b "Oak Run Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Oak Run, California". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ 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.