Tag: Burnt Ranch
Burnt Ranch is a census-designated place (CDP) in Trinity County, California. It has a school and a post office. The ZIP Code is 95527. The community is inside area code 530. Burnt Ranch sits at an elevation of 1,502 feet (458 m). The 2010 United States census reported Burnt Ranch’s population was 281.
Burnt Ranch was destroyed in the spring of 1863 by an Indian raiding party.
Burnt Ranch became a temporary camp from May to Novermber 1864, used by California Volunteers while moving Indians to Fort Humboldt.
The novelist Bryan Malessa wrote The Flight while living at a remote ranch at the end of Friedrich Road (Forest Route 5N25), blocked by a gate.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 13.4 square miles (34.7 km²), 99.99% of it land and 0.01% of it water
The 2010 United States Census reported that Burnt Ranch had a population of 281. The population density was 21.0 people per square mile (8.1/km²). The racial makeup of Burnt Ranch was 241 (85.8%)…
