Dobbins, California

Geography

It lies 26 mi northeast of Marysville, at an elevation of 1742 ft, in the foothills of the western Sierra Nevada Mountain Range off of California Highway 20 and Marysville Road. Dobbins is north of Oregon House and south of Bullards Bar Dam. Dobbins has one post office, one general store, three churches, a Grange Hall, one grade school, one charter school, and Lake Francis Resort.

The average snowfall is 3.5 in, higher than most of California. February has the highest average snowfall with 1.5 in, followed by January and March with 1 in average snowfall each.

Most students attend high school in Marysville, or in the Sierra County school district.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 7.8 square miles (20.3 km), 99.08% of it land and 0.92% of it water.

History

The town was settled in 1849, and named for William M. and Mark D. Dobbins, early settlers. Dobbins was not a mining town originally, but a farm area. There were stage station stops, for teamsters' and their wagons, at what was known as Scott Ranch (three miles below Dobbins- Marysville Rd). Dobbins served as a stage stop until the coming of the automobiles.

The first post office was established in 1851 under the name Dobbins Ranche, which was closed in 1854. The post office returned in 1887 and has operated continuously since then.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Dobbins has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.

| Jan record high F = 78 | Feb record high F = 82 | Mar record high F = 86 | Apr record high F = 89 | May record high F = 102 | Jun record high F = 104 | Jul record high F = 111 | Aug record high F = 110 | Sep record high F = 106 | Oct record high F = 102 | Nov record high F = 83 | Dec record high F = 84 | year record high F = 111 | Jan record low F = 17 | Feb record low F = 15 | Mar record low F = 21 | Apr record low F = 24 | May record low F = 30 | Jun record low F = 34 | Jul record low F = 42 | Aug record low F = 41 | Sep record low F = 35 | Oct record low F = 22 | Nov record low F = 19 | Dec record low F = 6 | year record low F = 6 | precipitation colour = green

Demographics

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

The 2020 United States census reported that Dobbins had a population of 551. The population density was 71.2 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Dobbins was 414 (75.1%) White, 2 (0.4%) African American, 18 (3.3%) Native American, 9 (1.6%) Asian, 1 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 12 (2.2%) from other races, and 95 (17.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 68 persons (12.3%).

The whole population lived in households. There were 246 households, out of which 50 (20.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 143 (58.1%) were married-couple households, 19 (7.7%) were cohabiting couple households, 42 (17.1%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 42 (17.1%) had a male householder with no partner present. 54 households (22.0%) were one person, and 31 (12.6%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.24.

The age distribution was 92 people (16.7%) under the age of 18, 21 people (3.8%) aged 18 to 24, 108 people (19.6%) aged 25 to 44, 154 people (27.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 176 people (31.9%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 55.9years. For every 100 females, there were 118.7 males.

There were 286 housing units at an average density of 36.9 /mi2, of which 246 (86.0%) were occupied. Of these, 224 (91.1%) were owner-occupied, and 22 (8.9%) were occupied by renters.

References

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