Location in Trinity County and the state of California Location in Trinity County and the state of California Lewiston is a census-designated place (CDP) in Trinity County, California, United States.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 51.8 square kilometers (20.0 sq mi), all land.
A postal service called Lewiston has been in operation since 1854. The improve was titled after Benjamin Franklin Lewis, adopted son of town founder, Tom Palmer, who, with Lewis, ran a gold quarrying operation on the Trinity River in the early days of the Gold Rush.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Lewiston had a populace of 1,193.
The ethnic makeup of Lewiston was 1,074 (90.0%) White, 8 (0.7%) African American, 37 (3.1%) Native American, 6 (0.5%) Asian, 5 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 21 (1.8%) from other competitions, and 42 (3.5%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 1,193 citizens (100% of the population) lived in homeholds, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 553 homeholds, out of which 112 (20.3%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 267 (48.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 45 (8.1%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 20 (3.6%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 202 citizens (16.9%) under the age of 18, 63 citizens (5.3%) aged 18 to 24, 212 citizens (17.8%) aged 25 to 44, 459 citizens (38.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 257 citizens (21.5%) who were 65 years of age or older.
838 citizens (70.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 355 citizens (29.8%) lived in rental housing units.
There were 542 homeholds out of which 28.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families.
In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 21.2% from 25 to 44, 32.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 16.5% of families and 20.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 31.5% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.
In the California State Legislature, Lewiston is in the 2nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Mike Mc - Guire, and the 2nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Jim Wood. In the United States House of Representatives, Lewiston is in California's 2nd congressional district, represented by Democrat Jared Huffman. The town's biggest concentration of its populace lies amid this series of tract homes assembled in the lead up to the assembly of the close-by dam system, which homed the workers and their families back in the day.
Two inlets, one off Lewiston Road, the other from the direction of Brown's Mountain, on the opposite side of the Trinity River, allow easy access to this small concentration of tract homes.
Lewiston Historic District (Old Town) Turnpike Road, Schoolhouse Road, Viola Lane, (Old) Lewiston Road- Much of Lewiston's Gold Rush past can be traced to this small patch of territory by the Trinity River where B.
Overlooking the Lewiston Subdivision, and one of the first inhabited areas of Lewiston that one encounters when entering the town from the south, this quiet neighborhood is accessible only from Trinity Dam Blvd.
This mostly-gravel and at-many-points-treacherous-in-winter-months inlet was the town's very first connector road to points east amid Lewiston's formative years.
-Lewiston Road, Baker Road- From the historic Baker House on Lewiston Road to the tiny residentiary neighborhood nestled in the woods just a several blocks to the north of there lies the erstwhile ranch in its entirety, all surrounded by acre upon acre of pasture territory that makes up the bulk of the Lewiston Valley, along a stretch of roadway where some of the town's earliest pioneer assembled their homes.
-Lewiston Road, Lowden Bridge Road (defunct)- Lewiston is home to California's third biggest reservoir the Trinity Dam The Trinity River flows through the heart of Lewiston, directly under the Old Lewiston Bridge Lewiston Lake is positioned along Trinity Dam Boulevard and is considered primarily a fishing and camping area, only ventured into as a swimming destination for those that can withstand the frigid water.
Just above Lewiston Lake and Trinity Dam, Trinity Lake is located.
Currently lacking cell towers, Lewiston is one of the many cellular dead zones found in this remote mountain terrain, quickly identified by drivers who turn off of Highway 299 and enter any of the various lesser mountain roads throughout the area.
One of the publicly-accessible "phone booths" consists of a gravel-covered turnout on Trinity Dam Boulevard, near the Mountain View turnoff, just south of town.
The other hot spot is more like a "hot strip", and can be found at various places along a short stretch of Lewiston Road, between the Lewiston Elementary School and the Baker Road turnoff, about two blocks west of the campus.
Climate Summary for Lewiston, California "2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Lewiston CDP".
Municipalities and communities of Trinity County, California, United States Burnt Ranch Coffee Creek Douglas City Hayfork Hyampom Junction City Lewiston Mad River Ruth Trinity Center Trinity Village Weaverville
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