Herlong is an unincorporated community in southern Lassen County, California located near the southeast edge of Honey Lake about 70 miles (110 km) north of Reno, Nevada, and about 45 miles (72 km) south of Susanville, California. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. Lassen County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U Honey Lake is a medium-sized natural Lake located in the Great Basin in the western United States. Susanville is a city and county seat of Lassen County, California, USA The community is accessible to U.S. Route 395 via Lassen County Route A25 or Lassen County Route A26. US Route 395 is a US Route in the western United States. The southern terminus of the route is in the Mojave Desert at Interstate 15 near
Herlong is located at the extreme Eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in the southeastern region of Honey Lake Valley. The Sierra Nevada ( Spanish for "Snowy Range" is a Mountain range located in the U
Herlong is a town built to house civilian workers for Sierra Army Depot which was built in 1942. Sierra Army Depot was one of several ammunition storage facilities located far enough from the coast to be safe from Japanese attack. The site where Sierra was built also met the requirement that the depot be in a dry and isolated area for storage and safety. On a document that used to be on display at headquarters of Sierra Army Depot, it stated that Herlong was named for Captain Herlong, the first Army ordinance officer to die in WWII.
Oddly, at first, the postal stamps, money orders and equipment bore the spelling 'Hurlong' which lasted for about 5 days, before the error was corrected.
Since its beginning, the town which was built around the base has ebbed and flowed, having gone from a peak of about 5,000, in the 1950s (most of whom are civilian employees on the base), to the current population of 900.
Herlong has numerous churches. These include Bible Baptist Church, which is an Independent Baptist church, pastored by Michael Reed, an Assembly of God church, and a Southern Baptist church. Bible Baptist is a descriptive title used most commonly by churches of the World Baptist Fellowship, Baptist Bible Fellowship International, or unaffiliated Independent Independent Baptist churches (also referred to as Independent Fundamental Baptist, or IFB are Christian churches holding to generally Baptist beliefs Michael Reed (born 1929 is a British cinematographer who worked on several notable films in the 1960s and 1970s including Dracula The World Assemblies of God Fellowship, or Assemblies of God for short is the world's largest Pentecostal denomination with over 283413 churches and outstations The Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC) is a United States -based mostly conservative Christian denomination The Office of Historic Preservation currently lists 62 historic properties in Herlong on its Historic Properties Data File for Lassen County.
Herlong resides in Lassen County, which is one of the last counties in the west that is still considered "open range" land. One issue with this is the occasional cow on the road, causing numerous accidents, as well as cattle grazing the lawns of the local community.
The Sierra Army Depot now serves as a munition and explosive disposal area, destroying approximately 53 million decommissioned explosive yearly.
The ZIP Code is 96113. The community is inside area code 530. North American area code 530 is a California Telephone Area code that covers Auburn, Chico, Colfax, Davis
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Politics
In the state legislature Herlong is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Dave Cox, and in the 3rd Assembly District, represented by Republican Rick Keene. The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. David E Cox (born February 20 1938 in Holdenville Oklahoma) is an American politician from Fair Oaks California. The California State Assembly is the Lower house of the California State Legislature. Rick Keene (born November 16, 1957, Hayfork CA) is a California State Assembly member from the state's third district (representing Chico Federally, Herlong is located in California's 4th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +11[1] and is represented by Republican John Doolittle. California's 4th congressional district covers the northeastern corner of California along Route 395, covering El Dorado, Placer, Nevada The Cook Partisan Voting Index ( CPVI) sometimes referred to as simply the Partisan Voting Index ( PVI) is a measurement of how strongly an American This page is about the politician for the fictional animal doctor see Doctor Dolittle.
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References
- ^ Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest?. The Federal Correctional Institution (FCI Herlong is a medium security institution housing male inmates with a satellite camp that houses minimum security male inmates in Herlong Campaign Legal Center Blog. Retrieved on 2007-10-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony
External links
- Herlong, California is at coordinates Coordinates:
- Article on Sierra Army Depot[1]
- Sierra Army Depot [2]
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