Cohasset, California
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Cohasset is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States, approximately 17.7 miles NNE of Chico, California. Its main street is named Cohasset Road, which comes from the Algonquin Indian language and means "long rocky place".[1]
The town is a mountain community at 2,820 feet above mean sea level. It sits on Cohasset Ridge: an eleven-mile ridge running roughly southwest-to-northeast. The U.S. Geological Survey feature ID is 1655909 and NAD27 coordinates for the community are . The ZIP Code for the community is 95973, which is shared with about seven other nearby towns, and the area code 530.
The primary airport is the Chico Municipal Airport.
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[edit] Government
[edit] County
[edit] State
The citizens of Cohasset, as members of California's 3rd Assembly District, are represented by Rick Keene (R, Chico) in the California State Assembly; and as members of California's 4th Senate District, are represented by Sam Aanestad (R, Grass Valley) in the California State Senate.
[edit] Federal
The citizens of Cohasset, as members of California's 2nd congressional district (which has a PVI of R +13[2]) are represented by Wally Herger (R, Rio Oso) in the United States House of Representatives.
[edit] References
- US Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database.
- Map: Cohasset, California, 7.5 minute quadrangle, 1995, US Geological Survey.
- US Census Bureau, 2000 census statistical area records.
- ^ Cohasset, California @ Chico Unified School District website as retrieved December 30, 2006.
- ^ Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest?. Campaign Legal Center Blog. Retrieved on 2007-10-20.
[edit] External links
- Cohasset, California is at coordinates Coordinates:
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