Redding, CA
| Redding, California | |||
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| City of Redding | |||
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| Nickname(s): "Jewels of Northern California" | |||
 Location of Redding in Shasta County, California. |
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| Coordinates: 40°35′N 122°22′W / 40.583°N 122.367°WCoordinates: 40°35′N 122°22′W / 40.583°N 122.367°W | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| State | California | ||
| County | Shasta | ||
| Incorporated | October 4, 1887 | ||
| Founded by | Pierson B. Reading | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Council-manager | ||
| • City council |
Mayor Brent Weaver Vice Mayor Kristen Schreder Francie Sullivan Julie Winter Adam McElvain |
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| • City manager | Kurt Starman | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 61.175 sq mi (158.442 km2) | ||
| • Land | 59.647 sq mi (154.485 km2) | ||
| • Water | 1.528 sq mi (3.957 km2) 2.50% | ||
| Elevation | 564 ft (172 m) | ||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||
| • Total | 89,861 | ||
| • Estimate (2014) | 91,593 | ||
| • Density | 1,500/sq mi (570/km2) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Reddingite | ||
| Time zone | Pacific Time Zone (UTC−8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | ||
| ZIP codes | 96001–96003, 96049, 96099 | ||
| Area code | 530 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-59920 | ||
| GNIS feature IDs | 277582, 2411531 | ||
| Website | www |
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Redding, officially the City of Redding, is the county seat of Shasta County, California, in the northern part of the state. It lies along the Sacramento River, which provided transportation and power in its early years. Interstate 5 bisects the entire city, which has a population of 89,861, from the south to north before it approaches Shasta Lake, located about 15 miles (24 km) north of downtown. Redding is the largest city in the Shasta Cascade region, and it is the fourth-largest city in the Sacramento Valley, behind Sacramento, Elk Grove, and Roseville.
The site of Redding was settled by Native Americans of the Wintu tribe around the year 1000. The original county seat was Shasta, located approximately 6 miles west on 299W. Redding became the county seat after the railroad was built. Situated along the Siskiyou Trail, Redding became a stop on a trade and travel route connecting California's Central Valley and the Pacific Northwest. During the early 19th century, Hudson's Bay Company trappers and numerous European-American settlers passed through the site while traveling along the Siskiyou Trail.
The first European-American settler in the area was Pierson B. Reading, an early California pioneer. He was an admirer of John Sutter. In 1844, Reading received the Rancho Buena Ventura Mexican land grant for the area occupied by today's Redding and Cottonwood, California, along the Sacramento River. At the time it was the northernmost nonnative settlement in California.
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