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Tulelake (/ˈtuːlileɪk/ TOO-lee-layk) is a city in northeastern Siskiyou County, California, United States. The town is named after nearby Tule Lake. Its population is 902 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,010 from the 2010 census.

Tulelake peace officers are authorized by state law, along with cooperation of the state of Oregon, to serve as and be recognized as peace officers within Malin, Oregon, along with the inverse being true for peace officers employed within Malin, wherein they are recognized as peace officers within Tulelake by the California Penal Code.

Tulelake city overview:
Name:	Tulelake city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	California
County:	Siskiyou County
Incorporated:	March 1, 1937
Elevation:	4,035 ft (1,230 m)
Total Area:	0.41 sq mi (1.07 km²)
Land Area:	0.41 sq mi (1.06 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km²) 0.58%
Total Population:	902
Population Density:	2,200/sq mi (840/km²)
ZIP code:	96134
Area code:	530
FIPS code:	0680686
GNISfeature ID:	1660040
Website:	www.cityoftulelake.com

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History

The first public auction of Tulelake land parcels took place on April 15, 1931. Over 100 lots were sold for prices ranging from $65 to $350. In 1937, the city was incorporated. Today there are over 400 housing units.

Two World War II internment camps were located near Tulelake. Camp Tulelake was an Italian and German prisoner-of-war camp to the west of town, located on Hill Road along Sheepy Ridge. Also referred to as Gillems Bluff, Sheepy Ridge is a small range adjacent to Tule Lake. The other internment camp housed nearly 18,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese alien residents and was in operation from May 1942 to March 1946. The Tule Lake War Relocation Center was one of ten Japanese internment camps in the United States. It was located approximately seven miles southeast of Tulelake. Today the western portion of the camp is occupied by the townsite of Newell.

Nightfire Island, an archeological site over 5000 years old, is west of Tule Lake along the shores of Indian Tom Lake.