Junction City, California

Junction City was established when a few cabins were built in the 1850s at the mouth of Canyon Creek, it was originally called "Milltown" due to the number of mills, but in 1861 it was officially named Junction City since it served as a junction for several transportation routes at Canyon Creek and Trinity River.

Junction City had the largest and most famous diversion dam. The Arkansas Dam,{{Cite web|url=http://visittrinity.com/history/mining/?doing_wp_cron=1457908510.4739370346069335937500|title=Mining {{!}} VisitTrinity|website=visittrinity.com|access-date=2016-03-13}} was built in 1851, four miles upstream of Junction City. After the dam washed out in the winter of 1851 and again in 1852, it was rebuilt so substantially as to withstand not only the winter storms but also contain an upstream dam break flood that occurred when the 14-foot-high diversion dam at Union bar gave way.

The ensuing flood wiped out every water wheel, dam, and other structures along the river in the intervening 20 miles between the dams. In 1857, Arkansas dam was removed by the miners so they could reach the gold deposits beneath the dam.

In 1988, a Tibetan Buddhist temple, Rigdzin Ling, part of the Chagdud Gonpa Foundation founded by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche. [https://chagdudgonpa.org/]

In the May 8th, 2005 the hotel burned down under mysterious circumstances. It was one of the last remaining buildings in Junction City from the 1800s.

In May 2006, the Junction Fire scorched {{convert|3500|acre|km2|0}}, then later combined with the Bar Fire, making that {{convert|100000|acre|km2|-2}}. The Junction Fire threatened all of Junction City, and even some parts of the town of Weaverville.

On July 20, 2008 fire threatened communities near Junction City; some areas were under mandatory evacuation. Many huge forest fires broke out because of a lightning storm which occurred on June 20, 2008 in Northern California.

Public schools are run or overseen by the Junction City Elementary School District, which consists of one elementary school and they follow by a single track schedule, with school starting in late August or early September and concludes in June. The only school is a K-8 school listed below.

• Junction City Elementary School [http://www.jcesd.org/]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 26.6 square miles (68.8 km²), 99.87% of it land and 0.13% of it water.

• 25px State Route 299. State route 299 runs through the middle of Junction City. This is part of SR 299 that is between Arcata and Redding is the Trinity Scenic Byway, a National Forest Scenic Byway.

• Junction City Park

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1900{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1910{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1920{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1930{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1940{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1950{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1960{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1970{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1980{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
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The 2020 United States census reported that Junction City had a population of 658. The population density was {{convert|24.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Junction City was 545 (82.8%) White, 3 (0.5%) African American, 9 (1.4%) Native American, 15 (2.3%) Asian, 1 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 9 (1.4%) from other races, and 76 (11.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 46 persons (7.0%).{{cite web |title=Junction City CDP, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=1600000US0637596 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 22, 2025}}

The census reported that 97.3% of the population lived in households, 18 people (2.7%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 272 households, out of which 67 (24.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 136 (50.0%) were married-couple households, 19 (7.0%) were cohabiting couple households, 51 (18.8%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 66 (24.3%) had a male householder with no partner present. 79 households (29.0%) were one person, and 43 (15.8%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.35. There were 168 families (61.8% of all households).{{cite web |title=Junction City CDP, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P16?g=1600000US0637596 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 22, 2025}}

The age distribution was 79 people (12.0%) under the age of 18, 27 people (4.1%) aged 18 to 24, 178 people (27.1%) aged 25 to 44, 168 people (25.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 206 people (31.3%) who were 65{{nbsp}}years of age or older. The median age was 52.0{{nbsp}}years. For every 100 females, there were 118.6 males.

There were 322 housing units at an average density of {{convert|12.1|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}, of which 272 (84.5%) were occupied. Of these, 226 (83.1%) were owner-occupied, and 46 (16.9%) were occupied by renters.

In the state legislature, Junction City is in {{Representative|casd|2|fmt=sdistrict}},{{Cite web |url=http://senate.ca.gov/senators |title=Senators |accessdate=March 10, 2013 |publisher=State of California}} and {{Representative|caad|2|fmt=adistrict}}.{{Cite web |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |accessdate=March 2, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}

Federally, Junction City is in {{Representative|cacd|2|fmt=district}}.{{Cite GovTrack|CA|2|accessdate=March 1, 2013}}

There is one historical marker in Junction City to commemorate its centennial. [https://historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM11ZL_junction-city-centennial_Junction-City-CA.html] It is located next to the Junction City store.

• Trinity County, California

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