Lakeport, California Location inside Lake County and California Location inside Lake County and California County Lake Lakeport is an incorporated town/city and governmental center of county of Lake County, California. Lakeport is positioned on the west shore of Clear Lake, at an altitude of 1355 feet (413 m). The populace was 4,753 at the 2010 census, down from 4,820 at the time of the 2000 census.
Lakeport was first settled by Native Americans a several thousand years ago.
The first shop assembled in the Lakeport region was constructed by Dr.
It was William Forbes and James Parrish, however, who created the first shop in the chief Lakeport area.
It was this investment as well as the territory grant Forbes bestowed upon the county, which earned Lakeport its first name: Forbestown.
When the county was investigating territory to put the small-town county seat, Forbes offered 40 acres (160,000 m2) of his property on which they could build the county office.
Some locations still bear the Forbes name, however, such as Forbes Creek and Forbes Street.
The first postal service, called Big Valley, opened at the site in 1858, and changed its name to Lakeport in 1861. For nearly a century, it was the only incorporated town/city in Lake County.
Lakeport is positioned at 39 02 35 N 122 54 57 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2), of which, 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (4.39%) is water.
The Lakeport region is positioned on a sediment-filled valley adjoining to Clear Lake.
The greatest number of faults in the County occur in the Cobb Mountain region and Hopland Grade region running southeasterly to the southern County line.
The southeastern portion of the County also appears to have considerable earthquake faults.
There are also active faults inside the vicinity of the City of Lakeport, including the San Andreas Fault which is 30 miles (48 km) to the west, and the Healdsburg Fault which is 15 miles (24 km) to the west.
There is a potentially active rupture zone (defined as a fault that has been active amid quaternary time - the last 2,000,000 years) existing immediately east of the City limits running alongside and adjoining to the shoreline of Clear Lake.
Within the past 200 years, no primary potentially damaging earthquakes have occurred along any faults inside Lake County, including the Big Valley fault adjoining to the easterly City boundaries.
Lakeport, as well as all of the Clear Lake area, has hot, mostly dry summers and cool, wet winters.
The average January temperatures are a maximum of 53.4 F (11.9 C) and a minimum of 31.5 F ( 0.3 C).
The average July temperatures are a maximum of 94.4 F (34.7 C) and a minimum of 53.0 F (11.7 C).
There are an average of 77.5 days with highs of 90 F (32 C) or higher and an average of 75.5 days with lows of 32 F (0 C).
Average high C ( F) 52 Average low C ( F) 30 The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Lakeport had a populace of 4,753.
The populace density was 1,486.0 citizens per square mile (573.8/km ).
The ethnic makeup of Lakeport was 3,932 (82.7%) White, 46 (1.0%) African American, 147 (3.1%) Native American, 99 (2.1%) Asian, 5 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 337 (7.1%) from other competitions, and 187 (3.9%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 4,616 citizens (97.1% of the population) lived in homeholds, 11 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 126 (2.7%) were institutionalized.
There were 2,002 homeholds, out of which 563 (28.1%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 803 (40.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 260 (13.0%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 110 (5.5%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
665 homeholds (33.2%) were made up of individuals and 328 (16.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The populace was spread out with 1,031 citizens (21.7%) under the age of 18, 352 citizens (7.4%) aged 18 to 24, 1,033 citizens (21.7%) aged 25 to 44, 1,384 citizens (29.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 953 citizens (20.1%) who were 65 years of age or older.
There were 2,395 housing units at an average density of 748.8 per square mile (289.1/km ), of which 1,198 (59.8%) were owner-occupied, and 804 (40.2%) were occupied by renters.
2,661 citizens (56.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,955 citizens (41.1%) lived in rental housing units.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,820 citizens , 1,967 homeholds, and 1,233 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 1,799.8 citizens per square mile (694.4/km ).
There were 2,394 housing units at an average density of 893.9 per square mile (344.9/km ).
There were 1,967 homeholds out of which 29.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were married couples living together, 12.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families.
31.0% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.93.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 21.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 13.5% of families and 15.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 20.9% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.
Given the fact that the Lakeport region has an economy that is based somewhat on agricultural activities occurring in the Big Valley and Scotts Valley region which involve the burgeoning and harvesting of food and nut crops as well as the increasing wine industry, there are a momentous number of transient and cyclic farm workers.
Insufficient data is available that quantifies the total number of cyclic or transient farm workers that are living or working in the Lakeport area.
In the California State Legislature, Lakeport is in the 2nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Mike Mc - Guire, and in the 4th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Cecilia Aguiar-Curry. Federally, Lakeport is in California's 5th congressional district, represented by Democrat Mike Thompson. "California Cities by Incorporation Date" (Word).
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lakeport, California California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State.
"History of Clear Lake, Mt.
Konocti and the Lake County Cattle Industry" by Henry K.
"History of Lake County 1881" by Henry Hudson 1881.
"A Description of Lake County California" presented by Authority of the Board of Supervisors, 1888 City of Lakeport General Plan to 2020, Earth Metrics Inc, 1989 "Lakeport, California".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Lakeport city".
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