Alderpoint, California

History

The town, named after the abundance of alder trees, began in 1910 as a center for construction of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. The first post office at Alderpoint opened in 1911.

Demographics

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Alderpoint first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.

The 2020 United States census reported that Alderpoint had a population of 137. The population density was 56.4 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Alderpoint was 64.2% White, 0.0% African American, 8.8% Native American, 2.2% Asian, 0.7% Pacific Islander, 10.9% from other races, and 13.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.1% of the population.

The census reported that 100% of the population lived in households.

There were 62 households, out of which 17.7% included children under the age of 18, 21.0% were married-couple households, 25.8% were cohabiting couple households, 19.4% had a female householder with no partner present, and 33.9% had a male householder with no partner present. 37.1% of households were one person, and 9.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.21. There were 26 families (41.9% of all households).

The age distribution was 19.7% under the age of 18, 4.4% aged 18 to 24, 31.4% aged 25 to 44, 24.1% aged 45 to 64, and 20.4% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 40.3years. For every 100 females, there were 121.0 males.

There were 74 housing units at an average density of 30.5 /mi2, of which 62 (83.8%) were occupied. Of these, 91.9% were owner-occupied, and renters occupied 8.1%

Climate

Retrieved on November 24, 2011.

Politics

In the state legislature, Alderpoint is in , and .

Federally, it is in .

Notable people

• Michael Bear Carson and Suzan Carson, serial killers
• Frank Cieciorka, graphic artist
• ED Denson, managed the prominent band Country Joe and The Fish that performed at Woodstock. In later years, he built a successful law practice centered around representing the local marijuana growers in the area.
• Bruce Loose, singer and bassist of the punk band, Flipper.

Historic "Murder Mountain"

The Rancho Sequoia area of Alderpoint is called "Murder Mountain" from the actions of the Carson serial killers (Michael Bear Carson and Suzan Carson), including the murder of 26-year-old Clark Stephens on May 17, 1982, and for other disappearances, murders and rumored murders.

Two high-profile missing persons are Robert "Bobby" Tennison, a 38-year-old father of four, missing since January 2009, and Garret Rodriguez, a 29-year-old from San Diego, California, who was reported missing on April 25, 2013, by his father. In their last conversation in December 2012, Rodriguez told his father, Val Rodriguez, he was headed to "Murder Mountain" to work on a marijuana grow. After he went missing, his truck was found in June 2013. On November 28, 2013, human remains were found in a grave on private property on Jewett Road, one day after a group of locals forced the admission from the suspect known to have committed the murder, about the exact location of a grave believed to be Rodriguez's. On December 17, the remains were identified as Rodriguez's, and he was confirmed a victim of a homicide. It is suspected that the anonymous tip came from a confession extracted from the man responsible for the murder, who gave up the information after being kidnapped, shot twice, and threatened by a group of eight local vigilantes on Thanksgiving Day. In 2018, Rodriguez and "Murder Mountain" were featured in the Netflix documentary series Murder Mountain.

Across the valley from Rancho Sequoia on Pratt Mountain, in 1973, 24-year-old Dirk Dickenson was shot in the back by Federal agent Lloyd Clifton during a military-style federal raid which arrived at his property by helicopter. Dickenson was found blameless by a Federal Department of Justice investigation; charges against his killer were moved to federal court and ultimately dismissed. Dickenson was posthumously featured on the cover of Rolling Stone and is recognized as the first victim of the U.S. war on drugs.

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