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Loyalton is a city in Sierra County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 740, reflecting a decline of 29 from the 769 counted in 2010. The ZIP code for the community is 96118. The town is near the north extent of State Route 49, which ends at State Route 70 in Vinton. According to Rand-McNally, it is a fifty-mile drive on State Route 49 to the county seat, Downieville. Many of the population are ranchers, loggers, former loggers, or suburbanites who have relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, and growing Reno–Tahoe area.

Loyalton city overview:
Name:	Loyalton city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	California
County:	Sierra County
Incorporated:	August 21, 1901
Elevation:	4,951 ft (1,509 m)
Total Area:	0.35 sq mi (0.92 km²)
Land Area:	0.35 sq mi (0.92 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²) 0%
Total Population:	740
Population Density:	2,114.3/sq mi (804.3/km²)
ZIP code:	96118
Area code:	530
FIPS code:	0644364
GNISfeature ID:	0277550
Website:	www.cityofloyalton.org

Online Interactive Map

Loyalton online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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Loyalton Road Map

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Geography

Loyalton is located at 39°40′36″N 120°14′35″W / 39.67667°N 120.24306°W / 39.67667; -120.24306 (39.676558, -120.243157). Elevation above mean sea level for the area was listed as roughly 4,930 feet (1,500 m). The city is located along California State Route 49, the Gold Country Highway.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km), all land.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Loyalton has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated “Csb” on climate maps.