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Shasta County was one of the
original counties of
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California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county's territory were given to
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Siskiyou County in 1852, and to Tehama County in 1856.
Shasta County is a c
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ounty located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, in the Cascade Mountains. As of 2000 the population was 163,256. The county seat is Redding.
Shasta County is the home of Lassen Peak, Shasta Lake, and the Lassen Volcanic National Park.
The county was named after Mount Shasta; the name "Shasta" is derived from the English equivalent for the name of an Indian tribe that once lived in the area. The name of the tribe was spelled in various ways until the present version was used when the county was established. Originally Mt. Shasta
was within the county, but it is now part of Siskiyou County, to the north. Its 14,162-foot peak is visible throughout most of the county.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 9,965 km² (3,847 mi²). 9,804 km² (3,785 mi²) of it is land and 161 km² (62 mi²) of it (1.62%) is water. Mountains line the county on the east, north
and west. The Sacramento River flows out of the mountains to the north, through the center of the county, and toward the Sacramento Valley to the south.