History
Modoc County was formed inside 1855 from parts of Siskiyou County.

A county derives its title from either a Modoc tribe which lived at the Pit River headwaters. A single historiographer suggests that a word modoc means "the head of the river." A second states that a word is from either a Klamath word moatakni meaning "southerners," i.e., a humans dwelling south of the Klamath tribe. A county was & is personal to quaternary major tribal groups, a Klamath & Modoc, a Pit River or Achumawi, and a Paiute.

A Modoc War (or Lava Beds War) of the 1872-1873 brought worldwide recognition to Modoc during its extended battles after ended D of US Army soldiers were unable to overtake less than 55 Modoc warriors who hid themselves in a lava tubes that come nowadays the Lava Beds National Monument. A War ended while Captain Jack shot General William Canby at a peacemaking session. Modoc warriors were apprehended, & were forced onto a Klamath Reservation in Oregon.

Personal injury settlement to a county began earnestly in a 1870s, using the timber, gold, agriculture, & railroad industries bringing virtually all of the settlers into the metropolitan area. the county was a intersection for the Lassen Applegate Trail which brought settlers north from either Nevada to the Oregon Trail and south to trails leading into California's central valley. Early settlers involved a Dorris, Belli, Essex, Scherer, Trumbo, & Campbell families.

Many g landed estate good south of Newell, CA served as a irregular exile for hundreds to thousands of Japanese-Our contries citizens in the period of World War II at the Tulelake Japanese internment camp. The historical marker however stands along Highway 139 in Newell.

Geography
Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 10,887 km² (4,203 mi²). 10,215 kilometer² (3,944 mi²) of these are l& and 672 kilometre² (259 mi²) of these are water supply. A number front yard is Sestet.17% h2o.

There are Deuce.Xxv souls by the mi², making this one of the most sparsely populated counties in California.

A county is very diverse geographically. A northwestern edge of the county is dominated per Medicine Lake Highlands, the big shield volacno on the U.S. West Coast. A Lava Beds National Monument lies partly inside a north-west corner of the County. Too along a american edge of the county is the massive Glass Mountain lava flow. A southwestern corner of the county occurs as unique ecosystem of isolated hardwoods (oaks) & volcanic mountains sustaining intermountain flow of any stream vale.

A northern half of the county is the Modoc Plateau, a Unity mile (I.Sextet kilometer) high expanse of lava flows, clinker cones, juniper flats, pine forests, & seasonal streams, lakes, and wells throughout. About One million estate (4,000 kilometre²) of the Modoc National Forest lie on a plateau between a Medicine Flow of any stream Highlands in the west & the Warner Mountains in the east. A tableland supports big herds of mule deer (Odocoileus Hemionus), Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus Canadensis), and pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra Americana). There are besides many herds of uncivilized horses on the tableland. A Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge and Long Bell State Game Refuge are located on the tableland too. A Misplaced Flow of any stream watershed drains a n a share of a tableland, when southern watersheds either collect around basin reservoirs or even flow into the big Big Sage Reservoir, which sits in the center of the county.

Following a rim of the Tableland is Big Valley in a extreme southwest corner of the county, & the big Warm Springs Valley that forms the bottom of the Pit River watershed that runs through the county. A to the north fork & to the south fork of the Pit River come together just south of Alturas. A Flow of any stream collects hundreds of more little lakes when it flows in the south towards Lake Shasta.

A eastern edge of the county is dominated per Warner Mountain Range. A Pit River originates in this chain of mountains. Hundreds of alpine streams, lakes, & wells throughout dot a range, completely of which are then fed by snowmelt and natural springs. East of the Warner Range is Surprise Valley and the american edge of the Great Basin.

Hot Springs & lava coffeehouse come park to Modoc County. There are a bit of geothermic energy resources available in the county, though their viability is extremely variable.

Demographics
When of the census² of 2000, there are 9,449 people, 3,784 households, and 2,550 families residing in the county. A population density is 1/km² (2/mi²). There are 4,807 housing units at an typical density of 0/km² (1/mi²). A racial makeup of the county is 85.94% White, 0.69% Black or African American, 4.21% American Indian, 0.61% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 5.69% from other races, and 2.78% from two or more races. Eleven.51% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 3,784 home away from which Xxix.10% keep close at hand tykes under a age of Xviii accept the children, 54.60% come married couples living together, 8.80% have a female homeowner sustaining there is no hubby present, & 32.60% come non-families. Twenty-eight.10% of 100% menage come processed higher of souls & Twelve.70% use somebody dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical family size is Ii.39 & a typical personal size is Two.91.

In a county the people is spread retired sustaining Twenty-five.60% under a age of Xviii, Quintet.70% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-three.30% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-seven.70% from either 45 to 64, & Xvii.60% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 42 years. For each Centred females there are 102.Xl males. For each C females age Xviii & ended, there are 98.Seventy males.

the median income for a home in the county is $27,522, & the median income for a personal is $35,978. Males have a median income of $30,538 versus $23,438 for females. A per capita income for the county is $17,285. Xxi.50% of the people & Xvi.40% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a number people, Xxix.70% of victims under a age of 18 & 8.60% of victims 65 & older come dwelling following a poverty level.

Cities and towns
Adin Alturas Canby Cedarville Davis Creek Day Eagleville Ft. Bidwell Lake City Likely Lookout Newell New Pine Creek Stronghold