Weaverville, California
| Weaverville | |
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| Census designated place | |
 Location in Trinity County and the state of California |
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 Weaverville
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| Coordinates: 40°44′12″N 122°56′10″W / 40.73667°N 122.93611°WCoordinates: 40°44′12″N 122°56′10″W / 40.73667°N 122.93611°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Trinity |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.424 sq mi (26.999 km2) |
| • Land | 10.424 sq mi (26.999 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 2,051 ft (625 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,600 |
| • Density | 350/sq mi (130/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC−8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) |
| ZIP code | 96093 |
| Area code | 530 |
| FIPS code | 06-83794 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652649, 2409537 |
Weaverville is a census designated place and the county seat of Trinity County, California in the United States. The population was 3,600 at the 2010 census, up from 3,554 at the 2000 census.
Founded in 1850, Weaverville is a historic California Gold Rush town. Nestled at the foot of the current Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, Weaverville was once home to approximately 2,000 Chinese gold miners, and had its own Chinatown.
Logging and tourism were the economic mainstays of Weaverville for many years. The regional economy has been in steady decline for many years, with only a small uplift brought about by the global real estate bubble. As of April, 2009 Trinity County’s unemployment rate stood at 20.9% (NY Times).
The Weaverville Joss House (also called "The Temple of the Forest Beneath the Clouds"), a Taoist temple, was built in 1874 and is California's best preserved example of a Gold Rush-era Chinese place of worship. The temple is now the Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park, and its interior, including an intricately carved wooden altar, can be viewed by visitors.
Weaverville is located at 40°44′12″N 122°56′10″W / 40.73667°N 122.93611°W (40.736687, -122.936208).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.4 square miles (27 km2), all of it land.
Weaverville has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa/Csb) though owing to its inland valley location the town is wetter and observes much larger diurnal temperature variations, creating colder mornings, than considered prototypical for the climate type. The National Weather Service has had a cooperative weather station in Weaverville since 1894. Based on those records, average January temperatures are a maximum of 47.2 °F or 8.4 °C and a minimum of 27.4 °F or −2.6 °C, whilst July temperatures average a maximum of 94.1 °F or 34.5 °C and a minimum of 49.1 °F or 9.5 °C. There are an average of 77.3 afternoons with highs of 90 °F or 32.2 °C or higher, plus an average of 126.8 mornings with lows of 32 °F or 0 °C or lower, although only two afternoons every three years fail to top freezing and only one morning every three years will fall to or below 0 °F or −17.8 °C. The record high temperature was 116 °F (46.7 °C) on August 4, 1932, and the record low temperature was −10 °F (−23.3 °C) on December 9, 1972.
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