Editing Talmage, California

{{for|the urban neighborhood|Talmadge, San Diego}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Talmage
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
|image_skyline            = Talmage Post Office - 2021-10-30 - Sarah Stierch.jpg
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Talmage Post Office in 2021
|image_seal               = 
|image_map                = Mendocino_County_California_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Talmage_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250x200px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Mendocino County, California|Mendocino County]] and the state of [[California]]
|map_caption1             = 
| pushpin_map             = USA
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the United States
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = {{USA}}
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|California}}
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in California|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Mendocino County, California|Mendocino]]
| unit_pref               = US
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web |title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files: California |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_place_06.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=August 24, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi        = 1.592
| area_land_sq_mi         = 1.590
| area_water_sq_mi        = 0.002
| area_total_km2          = 
| area_land_km2           = 
| area_water_km2          = 
| area_water_percent      = 0.13
| area_note               =

|elevation_ft             = 627
|elevation_m              = 191
|population_as_of         = 2020
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0677784&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Talmage CDP, California: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref>
|population_total         = 986
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_km2   = 
|population_density_sq_mi = 620.1
|timezone                 = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific (PST)]]
|utc_offset               = -8
|coordinates              = {{coord|39|08|00|N|123|10|04|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes    =  <ref name=gnis>{{gnis|1659949}}</ref>
|timezone_DST             = PDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -7
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 95481
|area_code                = [[Area code 707|707]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 06-77784
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 1659949
}}
'''Talmage''' (variant, '''Talmadge''')<ref name=gnis /> is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Mendocino County, California|Mendocino County]], [[California]], United States. Talmage is located {{convert|2.5|mi|km|0}} east-southeast of [[Ukiah, California|Ukiah]],<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|154}}</ref> at an elevation of {{Convert|627|ft|m}}.<ref name=gnis /> The population was 986 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 1,130 in 2010. It lies in the southeastern part of the [[Ukiah Valley]] and is home to the [[City of Ten Thousand Buddhas]], one of the largest [[Chan Buddhist]] temples in the United States. The town's name honors early settler Junius Talmage.<ref name=CGN />

==Geography==
Talmage is located in southeastern Mendocino County at {{coord|39|08|00|N|123|10|04|W|type:city}}.<ref name=gnis /> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.6|sqmi|km2}}, 99.87% of it land and 0.13% of it water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/>

[[File:Mill Creek - April 2023 - Sarah Stierch 01.jpg|thumb|Mill Creek Park in Talmage.]]

==Sites of interest==
Talmage is the site of the [[Mendocino State Hospital]] (formerly the Mendocino State Asylum for the Insane), the destination for inmates charged with crimes but found [[insanity defense|not guilty by reason of insanity]]. The hospital first opened in 1893 with one building at a site near the town of Ukiah, and the hospital was closed in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|title=California State Archives: Inventory of the Department of Mental Hygiene –Mendocino State Hospital Records|url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2c6001q2/|website=The Online Archive of California (OAC), California Digital Library}}</ref> The [[City of Ten Thousand Buddhas]], a Buddhist community and monastery, is located in the former Mendocino State Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Glenda|date=2016-09-20|title='Remembrance Day' held for Mendocino, state mental hospital patients|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/forgotten-mendocino-mental-hospital-patients-commemorated-at-mass-graves/|access-date=2021-12-19|website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat|language=en-US}}</ref> The temple also has an elementary and high school, as well as a university.

==Politics==
In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]], Talmage is in {{Representative|casd|2|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://senate.ca.gov/senators |title=Senators |access-date=March 10, 2013  |publisher=State of California}}</ref> and {{Representative|caad|2|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |access-date=March 2, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}</ref>

Federally, Talmage is in {{Representative|cacd|2|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|2|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref>

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Mendocino County, California]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in California]]