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Unincorporated community in California, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sites is an unincorporated community in Colusa County, California, United States.[1] It lies at an elevation of 299 feet (91 m). Its ZIP code is 95979 and its area code is 530.
Carl E. Grunsky named the area for John H. Sites, a landholder, in 1887.[2] The same year, a Post Office was established. It was discontinued in 1968.[3]
Sites was the western terminus of the narrow-gauge Colusa and Lake Railroad, completed in 1886 between Sites and the county seat of Colusa.[4] A large sandstone quarry operated near Sites in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, generating much traffic for the railroad; sandstone from the Sites Quarry was used in notable buildings including San Francisco's Ferry Building and Spreckels Building.[5]
Sites and the valley surrounding it have been considered a prime candidate for the location of the Sites Reservoir that would store water for the state system.[6]
In the state legislature, Sites is in the 4th Senate District, represented by Republican Marie Alvarado-Gil,[7] and the 3rd Assembly District, represented by Republican James Gallagher.[8] Federally, Sites is in California's 3rd congressional district, represented by Republican Kevin Kiley.[9]
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