Little Shasta, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}

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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{One source|date=April 2021}}

Little Shasta is an unincorporated community in Siskiyou County, California.{{Cite web|url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/588fa995-8396-53b5-a903-06f572e495ac/summary|title=Little Shasta Summary Report|work = Geographic Names Information System|access-date=2 February 2022}} The first non-native permanent settlement in the area was made in 1853, and by 1881 Little Shasta was a "prosperous settlement" with a post office, a flour mill, two schoolhouses, two stores, and a church.{{cite book |last=Wells |first=Harry Laurenz |author-link= |date=1881 |title=History of Siskiyou County, California Illustrated with Views of Business Buildings and Natural Scenery |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxU1AQAAMAAJ |location=Oakland, CA |publisher=D. J. Stewart & Co. |page=209 |isbn=}} As of 2024, the church and a school remain at the townsite, along with several scattered residences.