Beckwourth, California

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Beckwourth (formerly, Beckwith<ref name=CGN/> and Beekwith<ref name=GrReg>Template:Cite book</ref>) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plumas County, California, United States.<ref>Template:Gnis</ref> Beckwourth is located on the Middle Fork Feather River Template:Convert east of Portola.<ref name=gnis/><ref name=CGN>Template:California's Geographic Names</ref> The population was 478 at the 2020 census.

Name

The community was named for James P. Beckwourth, an explorer who discovered Beckwourth Pass in 1851.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

History

The Beckwith post office opened in 1870 and changed its name to Beckwourth in 1932.<ref name=CGN/>

Geography

Beckwourth is located at Template:Coord (39.827528, -120.403710).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, 99.96% of it land and 0.04% of it water.

Nervino Airport (FAA identifier: O02 or oscar-zero-two) is plotted three quarters of a mile east of Beckwourth along State Route 70 on the Reconnaissance Peak, California 7.5 minute quadrangle. It has a Template:Convert runway and is located at Template:Coord.<ref>US Geological Survey, Reconnaissance Peak, California, 7.5 minute quadrangle, 1994.</ref> The US Geological Survey says variant names for the airport are Beckwourth Airport and Plumas County Airport.<ref>US Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database.</ref>

State facilities in the town include a State of California, Department of Water Resources maintenance yard and a Caltrans Maintenance Station. These appear to be colocated (at the same site).

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Beckwourth has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<ref>Climate Summary for Beckwourth, California</ref>

Demographics

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The 2020 United States census reported that Beckwourth had a population of 478. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Beckwourth was 90.2% White, 0.8% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 1.9% from other races, and 6.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.2% of the population.

The whole population lived in households. There were 228 households, out of which 15.4% included children under the age of 18, 53.1% were married-couple households, 4.4% were cohabiting couple households, 13.6% had a female householder with no partner present, and 28.9% had a male householder with no partner present. 28.5% of households were one person, and 10.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.1. There were 148 families (64.9% of all households).

The age distribution was 12.8% under the age of 18, 4.4% aged 18 to 24, 15.1% aged 25 to 44, 34.5% aged 45 to 64, and 33.3% who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 59.4Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males.

There were 360 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 228 (63.3%) were occupied. Of these, 88.6% were owner-occupied, and 11.4% were occupied by renters.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>