Willows is a city and the county seat of Glenn County, California, located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California. The city is a home to regional government offices, including the California Highway Patrol, California Department of Motor Vehicles, the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the main offices of the Mendocino National Forest, which comprises about one million acres (404,686 ha) of Federal land located mostly in mountainous terrain west of Willows. The population was 6,293 at the 2020 census.
Name: | Willows city |
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LSAD Code: | 25 |
LSAD Description: | city (suffix) |
State: | California |
County: | Glenn County |
Incorporated: | January 16, 1886 |
Elevation: | 138 ft (42 m) |
Land Area: | 2.84 sq mi (7.34 km²) |
Water Area: | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km²) 0.92% |
Population Density: | 2,141.04/sq mi (826.75/km²) |
ZIP code: | 95988 |
Area code: | 530 |
FIPS code: | 0685684 |
Website: | cityofwillows.org |
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History
The Willow post office opened in 1862; the name was changed to Willows in 1916. The current post office building, which was built in 1918, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Willows Auxiliary Field (1942-1945) was used for training World War II pilots.
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km), of which, 2.8 square miles (7.3 km) of it is land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km) of it (0.92%) is water.
Climate
Willows has a Hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) according to the Köppen climate classification system.
See also
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