Del Norte County, California

Founding: 1857
Parent county: Klamath

Namesake: A Spanish phrase meaning "of the north"
Seat: Crescent City (1857–)

Land area: 1,006 square miles

Population (2020): 27,743

Population (historic): 1,993 (1860); 2,584 (1880); 2,408 (1900); 4,739 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1900–1960; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One city; six CDPs

National Register listings: 14

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 621 (5.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 39.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,051
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,833
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 130
Average farm size (1920): 101.9 acres
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Crescent City

Namesake: A crescent-shaped beach near the city

Founding: 1853 (platting); 1853 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 6,673

Population (historic): 638 (1860); 907 (1890); 1,114 (1910); 1,720 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870s; 1900s; 1920s; 1940–1960; 1970–1990; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 227 (12%)

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