Orleans
Panamnik | |
|---|---|
  Orleans Location in California  Orleans Orleans (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 41°18′05″N 123°32′28″W / 41.30139°N 123.54111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Humboldt County |
| Elevation | 404 ft (123 m) |
| ZIP code | 95556 |
| Area code | 530 |
| FIPS code | 06-54288 |
| GNIS feature ID | 264396 |
Orleans (formerly New Orleans Bar and Orleans Bar) (Karuk: Panamnik),[2] is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.[1] It is located 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Weitchpec[3] along State Route 96 (the "Bigfoot Scenic Byway"), at an elevation of 404 feet (123 m).[1] The ZIP Code is 95556.[4] It is within the area code 530. The community is within the Six Rivers National Forest and contains a district ranger's office of the National Forest.
It is within the historical territory of the Karuk Tribe of California. The original indigenous settlement was named Panamnik. When European-American miners arrived, they named their settlement New Orleans Bar. It was renamed Orleans Bar in 1855 when it became the county seat of the now-defunct Klamath County, California.[3] The Orleans post office was established on December 2, 1857.[3]
Orleans is the nearest inhabited community to the site of the famous Patterson–Gimlin film of a purported Bigfoot, which is in a remote area about 10 miles northeast of Orleans.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Orleans, California
- ^ Bright, William; Susan Gehr. "Karuk Dictionary and Texts". Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ USPS ZIP Code lookup tool Archived November 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine