Orleans, California


Orleans is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located northeast of Weitchpec along State Route 96, at an elevation of 404 feet. Its ZIP Code is 95556. It is within area code 530. The community is within the Six Rivers National Forest and contains a district ranger's office of the National Forest.
It is within the historical territory of the Karuk Tribe of California. The original indigenous settlement was named Panamnik. When European-American miners arrived, they named their settlement New Orleans Bar. It was renamed Orleans Bar in 1855 when it became the county seat of the now-defunct Klamath County, California. The Orleans post office was established on December 2, 1857.
Orleans is the nearest inhabited community to the site of the famous Patterson–Gimlin filming of a purported Bigfoot, which is in a remote area about northeast of Orleans.

Government

In the California State Legislature, Orleans is in, and.
In the United States House of Representatives, Orleans is in.

Climate

Orleans has a Hot-summer Mediterranean climate according to the Köppen climate classification system.