Weitchpec, California

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

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|settlement_type =Unincorporated community
Census-designated place

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|image_caption = Weitchpec in 1923

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|pushpin_map_caption =Location in California

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|subdivision_name =United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = California

|subdivision_type2 =County

|subdivision_name2 = Humboldt County

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| population_total = 112

| population_as_of = 2020

|population_density_sq_mi = auto

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Weitchpec+CDP;+California |website=data.census.gov |access-date=6 May 2023}}

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|area_total_sq_mi = 3.886

|area_land_sq_mi = 3.830

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.056

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|elevation_ft = 1398

|postal_code_type = Zip code

|postal_code =95546

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|blank1_info_sec1 = 1660142{{cite GNIS|1660142|name=Weitchpec|August 24, 2024}}

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Weitchpec ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɛ|tʃ|p|ɛ|k}} {{respell|WETCH|pek}}; Karuk: Ansáfriik;{{Cite web |last = Bright |first = William |author2=Susan Gehr | title = Karuk Dictionary and Texts | access-date = 2012-07-06 |url = http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~karuk/karuk-dictionary.php?}} Yurok: Wechpues, Wech){{Cite web

| title = Yurok Dictionary: Wechpues

| access-date = 2012-07-07

| url = http://corpus.linguistics.berkeley.edu/~yurok/lexicon.php?style=query&yu=&ge=&lx-id=3799

}}per Greg Long, The Making of Bigfoot (2004), page 32 is an unincorporated village and CDP within the Yurok reservation in Humboldt County, California, United States.{{gnis|1660142}} It is located {{convert|35|mi|km|0}} northeast of Eureka,{{California's Geographic Names|165}} at an elevation of 361 feet (110 m). The ZIP Code is 95546.[http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp USPS ZIP Code lookup tool]

Weitchpec is located in the northwestern part of the state at the confluence of the Klamath and Trinity Rivers, and the junction of State Highways 96 and 169.USGS Map "Weitchpec Quadrangle, 1997" 7.5 min. series

History

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Weitchpec is an ancestral Yurok village that long predates European contact. It was originally known as Weitspus, and was considered a major settlement of the Yurok people. Temporary Euro-American names for the settlement in the 19th century were Durkee's Ferry and Weitchpec Bar. Durkee's Ferry recalls Clark W. Durkee, who operated a ferry at the place in 1851. In 1855, a temporary Federal post called Camp Strowbridge was established at Weitchpec, it was later called Fort Wool. The settlement was first within the bounds of Trinity County, then in 1851 Klamath County and after 1874, Humboldt County. A post office operated at Weitchpec from 1858 to 1860 and from 1891 to 1962.

Today Weitchpec features a small store/gas station owned by the tribe (formerly Pierson's Grocery); the Yurok Tribal Office and Community Center; and Weitchpec Elementary School. As of 2010, evening classes were available in Weitchpec in the Yurok language.*Atherton, Kelley. "[http://www.triplicate.com/News/Local-News/Back-from-the-brink-Learning-the-Yurok-language Back from the Brink: Learning the Yurok Language]". The Daily Triplicate. Published 16 October 2010. Accessed 30 April 2012.

=2012 earthquake=

A 5.6 earthquake with an epicenter near Weitchpec occurred on February 13, 2012.[http://www.strongmotioncenter.org/cgi-bin/CESMD/iqrStationMap.pl?ID=Weitchpec_13Feb2012_71734741 Strong Motion Stations for 5.6Mw Weitchpec Earthquake of 13 Feb 2012, 1307 PST], Retrieved January 1, 2015

Demographics

{{US Census population

|2020= 112

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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=}}
1850–1870{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1880-1890{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
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}}
1990{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}

2000{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 2010{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
2020

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Weitchpec first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.{{Cite web|title=2020 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2020/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}

=2020 Census=

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|+Weitchpec CDP, California – Racial and ethnic composition
{{nobold|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.}}

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2020{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Weitchpec CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0683906|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}

!% 2020

White alone (NH)

|18

|16.07%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|0.89%

Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|71

|63.39%

Asian alone (NH)

|0.00%

Pacific Islander alone (NH)