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. The ZIP Code is 95556. It is within the area code 530. It is within the aboriginal territory of the Karuk Tribe of California.
Originally named Panamnik, renamed by miners and settlers 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 about 10 miles northeast of the site of the famous Patterson–Gimlin film of a purported Bigfoot.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.
