Lower Lake, California
| Lower Lake, California | |
|---|---|
| Census-designated place | |
 Location within Lake County and California |
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| Coordinates: 38°54′38″N 122°36′37″W / 38.91056°N 122.61028°WCoordinates: 38°54′38″N 122°36′37″W / 38.91056°N 122.61028°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Lake |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.692 sq mi (6.971 km2) |
| • Land | 2.667 sq mi (6.907 km2) |
| • Water | 0.025 sq mi (0.064 km2) 0.92% |
| Elevation | 1,371 ft (418 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,294 |
| • Density | 480/sq mi (190/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 95457 |
| Area code(s) | 707 |
| FIPS code | 06-44350 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0277549 |
Lower Lake (formerly Grantville) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the southern Clear Lake region of Lake County, in northern California. Lower Lake is also an Indian rancheria of the Koi Nation people.
Lower Lake is located is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southwest of the City of Clearlake, and 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Kelseyville. It is at an elevation of 1371 feet (418 m). Lower Lake was at one point the county seat, the Lake County elections of 1867 were hotly contested with the seat moving between what is now the city of Lakeport and the town of Lower Lake, in 1870 the feud was settled and Lakeport controlled the seat. Although some believe the seat was stolen from Lower Lake, it has remained in Lakeport for over a century and no longer a topic of concern for locals. At the 2000 census, according to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 7.9 square miles (20 km2), of which 7.9 square miles (20 km2) was land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.88%) was water.
Lower Lake was founded by E. Mitchell in 1858 as Grantville. He built the first house there. The settlement's first post office was opened in 1858.
The population was 1,294 at the 2010 census, down from 1,755 at the 2000 census.
The Clayton Fire started on August 12, 2016 in areas of Lake County not burned in the Valley and Rocky Point Jerusalem Fires which ravaged Lake County in the summer of 2015. On Sunday afternoon, August 14, all residents of the town were evacuated and fire razed large parts of the downtown and other areas of Lower Lake.
The historic Lower Lake Stone Jail was built in 1876 in Lower Lake, from locally quarried stone. It is claimed to be the smallest jail in the United States.
The 2010 United States Census reported that Lower Lake had a population of 1,294. The population density was 480.8 people per square mile (185.6/km²). The racial makeup of Lower Lake was 1,031 (79.7%) White, 20 (1.5%) African American, 18 (1.4%) Native American, 13 (1.0%) Asian, 1 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 125 (9.7%) from other races, and 86 (6.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 219 persons (16.9%).
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