Susanville, California
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Susanville (formerly known as Rooptown) is a city in and is the county seat of Lassen County, California, United States.[4] Susanville is located on the Susan River in the southern part of the county,[5] at an elevation of 4,186 feet (1,276 m).[4] Its population is 16,728 as of the 2020 census, down from 17,947 from the 2010 census. The Susanville urban area contains 8,995 people and 4,233 households.
City of Susanville | |
|---|---|
 Historic Uptown Susanville | |
| Nickname: The Hub of Northeastern California | |
 Location in Lassen County and the state of California | |
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| Coordinates: 40°24′59″N 120°39′11″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Lassen |
| Incorporated | August 24, 1900[1] |
| Named for | Susan Roop |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mendy Schuster [2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.03 sq mi (20.80 km2) |
| • Land | 7.94 sq mi (20.58 km2) |
| • Water | 0.09 sq mi (0.22 km2) 1.07% |
| Elevation | 4,186 ft (1,276 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 16,728 |
| • Density | 2,106.80/sq mi (812.83/km2) |
| Demonym | Susanvillain |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 96127, 96130 |
| Area code | 530 |
| FIPS code | 06-77364 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 277619, 2412017 |
| Website | cityofsusanville |
Susanville, a former logging and mining town, is the site of the High Desert State Prison, California (not to be confused with High Desert State Prison, Nevada), which opened in 1995. The Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong is nearby, having opened in 2001.
The prisons and their effects on the community, including the addition of local jobs, were explored in the documentary Prison Town, USA (2007), aired on PBS.[6][7] Nearly half the adult population of Susanville works at the three prisons in the area, where 6,000 people are incarcerated.[8]