Calpella, California

History

Col. C.H. Veeder and James Pettus, Veeder's son-in-law, founded the town in 1858. His name comes from Northern Pomo khál phíila, meaning "carrying mussels down".

For a time, it rivaled Ukiah in importance.

The Calpella post office opened in 1860, closed in 1868, reopened in 1872, was discontinued for a time, and moved in 1920.

Geography

Calpella is in southeastern Mendocino County, 6 mi north of Ukiah, the county seat, 16 mi south of Willits, and 29 mi northwest of Lakeport. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Calpella CDP covers an area of 2.6 mi2, 99.07% of it land and 0.93% of it water. The Russian River flows north-to-south through the center of the community, and the CDP extends eastward to the west shore of Lake Mendocino, a reservoir on the East Fork of the Russian River. U.S. Route 101 passes through the western portion of the CDP, and California State Route 20 forms the CDP's northern edge.

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, Calpella has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

Demographics

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

2020 census

The 2020 United States census reported that Calpella had a population of 799. The population density was 313.6 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Calpella was 442 (55.3%) White, 1 (0.1%) African American, 28 (3.5%) Native American, 14 (1.8%) Asian, 2 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 206 (25.8%) from other races, and 106 (13.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 348 persons (43.6%).

The whole population lived in households. There were 279 households, out of which 101 (36.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 138 (49.5%) were married-couple households, 25 (9.0%) were cohabiting couple households, 62 (22.2%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 54 (19.4%) had a male householder with no partner present. 64 households (22.9%) were one person, and 34 (12.2%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.86.

The age distribution was 175 people (21.9%) under the age of 18, 79 people (9.9%) aged 18 to 24, 201 people (25.2%) aged 25 to 44, 216 people (27.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 128 people (16.0%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 39.5years. For every 100 females, there were 109.2 males.

There were 299 housing units at an average density of 117.3 /mi2, of which 279 (93.3%) were occupied. Of these, 151 (54.1%) were owner-occupied, and 128 (45.9%) were occupied by renters.

Government

In the state legislature, Calpella is in , and .

Federally, Calpella is in .

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