Anderson, California
Anderson is a city in Shasta County, California, United States, approximately 10 miles south of Redding. The population was 10,630 on July 1, 2019 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The City grew by 6.6% from the year 2010 to 2019. Located 138 miles north of Sacramento, the City’s roots are as a railroad town near the northern tip of the Great Central Valley of California. The city was named after ranch owner Elias Anderson who granted the Oregon... Show more and California Railroad trackage rights and land for a station. Elias Anderson was a farmer, hotel owner, and postmaster. Elias married Elizabeth Summers in 1839 and built the Prairie House in the community of Cottonwood in 1856 on the south side of Cottonwood Creek. Elias Anderson purchased the American Ranch from Thomas Freeman in 1856 and built the American Ranch Hotel in what would become downtown Anderson, California. The post office was inside...