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'''La Porte''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Plumas County, California|Plumas County]], [[California]], United States. The population was 65 at the 2020 census. The town was known as '''Rabbit Creek''' until 1857.

==Geography==
La Porte is located at {{coord|39|40|55|N|120|59|5|W|type:city}} (39.681908, -120.984732).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|4.5|sqmi|km2}}, all of its land.

===Little Grass Valley Reservoir===
[[File:Little grass valley.jpg|thumb|right|Little Grass Valley Reservoir as seen from atop nearby Bald Mountain]]
Completed in 1961, the nearby [[Little Grass Valley Reservoir]] is a popular summer water sports area.  Hiking, equestrian, and OHV trails surround the lake.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 0
|1860= 998
|1870= 640
|1880= 400
|1890= 214
|1930= 45
|1940= 11
|1950= 25
|1960= 27
|1970= 35
|2000= 43
|2010= 26
|2020= 65
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|estimate= 
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1860–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County  |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1880-1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 8, 2025|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823050629/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 
}}

La Porte first appeared as a [[census designated place]] in the [[2000 U.S. census]].<ref name=2000CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''La Porte CDP, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – La Porte CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0640312&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – La Porte CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0640312&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – La Porte CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0640312&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|41
|24
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56
|95.35%
|92.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |86.15%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|3.85%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|2.33%
|3.85%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.54%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|2.33%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.23%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.08%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''43'''
|'''26'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''65 '''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

At the 2020 census La Porte CDP had a population of 65. There were 18 households, and 135 housing units.

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] La Porte had a population of 26. The population density was {{convert|5.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of La Porte was 24 (92%) White, 1 (4%) African American, 1 (4%) Native American, 0 (0%) Asian, 0 (0%) Pacific Islander, 0 (0%) from other races, and 0 (0%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0 people (0.0%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0640312|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715030214/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0640312|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – La Porte CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.

There were 15 households, 3 (20%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 7 (47%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 1 (7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 0 (0%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 0 (0%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 0 (0%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 7 households (47%) were one person and 3 (20%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 1.7.  There were 8 families (53% of households); the average family size was 2.4.

The age distribution was 4 people (15%) under the age of 18, 0 people (0%) aged 18 to 24, 3 people (12%) aged 25 to 44, 13 people (50%) aged 45 to 64, and 6 people (23%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 56 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

There were 145 housing units at an average density of 32.5 per square mile, of the occupied units 10 (67%) were owner-occupied and 5 (33%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 17%; the rental vacancy rate was 0%.  17 people (65% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 9 people (35%) lived in rental housing units.

===2000===
At the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]] there were 43 people, 28 households, and 12 families in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|9.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 131 housing units at an average density of {{convert|29.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 95% White, 2% Native American, and 2% from two or more races. 0% of the population were [[Hispanics in the United States|Hispanic]] or Latino of any race.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
Of the 28 households 4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39% were married couples living together, and 54% were non-families. 50% of households were one person and 25% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.5 and the average family size was 2.1.

The age distribution was 5% under the age of 18, 2% from 18 to 24, 2% from 25 to 44, 54% from 45 to 64, and 37% 65 or older. The median age was 60 years. For every 100 females, there were 187 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 173 males.

The median household income was $30,781 and the median family income  was $11,250. Males had a median income of $12,083 versus $0 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,258. There were 100% of families and 65% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 100% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==Politics==
In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]], La Porte is in {{Representative|casd|1|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://senate.ca.gov/senators |title=Senators |access-date=October 3, 2025 |publisher=State of California}}</ref> and {{Representative|caad|1|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |access-date=October 3, 2025 |publisher=State of California}}</ref>

Federally, La Porte is in {{Representative|cacd|3|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|3|access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>

==History==
At the time of statehood in 1850, La Porte was located in [[Yuba County, California|Yuba County]], one of California's 27 original counties.
<br />
In 1852, [[Sierra County, California|Sierra County]] was created from part of Yuba County. After that time, La Porte was located in Sierra County.
<br />
In 1854, [[Plumas County, California|Plumas County]] was created from part of [[Butte County, California|Butte County]]. In 1866, a further realignment placed La Porte in Plumas County,<ref>Coy, Owen Cochran (1923)  [https://books.google.com/books?id=XEILAQAAIAAJ&pg=31 ''The Genesis of California Counties''] California Historical Survey Commission</ref> where it has remained ever since.

La Porte was named Rabbit Creek until 1857.<ref>[https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=56321 Everts Historical Marker] hmdb.org</ref> Gold was found in Rabbit Creek in 1850. It was a hub of gold mining<ref>Clark, W. B. (1970) [https://explore.museumca.org/goldrush/dist-laporte.html La Porte] ''Gold Districts of California'' California Department of Conservation/Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 193</ref> activity and commerce in the region during the [[California Gold Rush]]. The town was largely destroyed by fires in 1855, 1861, 1868, 1871 and 1905.<ref>Gould, Helen Weaver (1972) [https://www.donquigley.net/documents/2406_REF.pdf ''La Porte Scrapbook''] pages 122-126</ref>

===Rabbit Creek House===
'''Rabbit Creek Hotel''' - Rabbit Creek House was built in 1852 by Eli S. Lester. This was the first building in Rabbit Creek. The Rabbit Creek House had a [[Hotel]], [[trading post]] and two [[barn]]s for horses. Busy during the Gold Rush, the site of the Rabbit Creek Hotel is a [[California Historical Landmark]] No. 213 at the north corner of Main Street and Church Streets.<ref>[https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/213 Historical Landmark] California State Parks</ref><ref>[https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=143426 Rabbit Creek House] hmdb.org</ref>

=== Civil War era ===
[[File:Dockery's_Palmetto_flag.png|thumb|Digital reconstruction of Dockery's Palmetto flag from newspaper accounts<ref name=":0" />|176x176px]]
[[File:La_Porte,_California_Civil_War_Flag_(1862).png|left|thumb|184x184px|Digital reconstruction of the American flag raised on July 4th, 1862<ref name=":1" />]]
During the first year of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] some residents wanted to show support for the [[Confederate States of America|Rebellion]]. They raised a [[Flag of South Carolina|Palmetto Flag]] near Dockery's Saloon which was described in one source as "A piece of white cotton cloth, ornamented with a charcoal sketch of a [[Sabal palmetto|palmetto tree]] and black snake." Soon after it was raised the banner was removed.<ref name=":0">''Nevada Democrat'', 20 June 1861</ref> The local militia known as the ''Sierra Greys'' would joined the [[1st California Infantry Regiment|1st California Infantry]] and later became company F.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sierra Greys |url=https://www.militarymuseum.org/Sierra%20Greys.html |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=www.militarymuseum.org}}</ref> On July 4, 1862, the people of the town celebrate the departure of their men to the east by raising a unique American flag with red, white and blue stripes.<ref name=":1">[https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn00063530/1913-02-15/ed-1/seq-6/#words=FLAG+HISTORIC Malheur enterprise, February 15, 1913, p.6]</ref>

[[Image:Poker flat ca.jpg|thumb|right|The 1886 Scott home at Poker Flat]]

===Howland Flat and Poker Flat===
{{anchor|Howland Flat}}
About {{convert|12|mi|km}} outside La Porte, via the Port Wine Ridge Road in adjacent [[Sierra County, California|Sierra County]], lies the remains of the former gold mining town of Howland Flat.<ref>[https://www.passportintime.com/howland-flat-2010.html Howland Flat] Passport In Time USFS
</ref>

Also on Port Wine Ridge Road, and southwest of [[Mount Fillmore]], the ghost town of [[Grass Flat, California|Grass Flat]] is located. It is the site of extensive gold rush [[hydraulic mining]], with a dramatic and barren landscape still remaining.

The [[ghost town]] of Poker Flat is located on the Poker Flat OHV trail in the [[Plumas National Forest]].<ref>[https://explore.museumca.org/goldrush/dist-pokerflat.html Poker Flat] Oakland Museum of California
</ref> The last-standing structure of Poker Flat, the 1886 Scott House, stood until the winter of 2014–15, when it collapsed.

[[File:1874 CA Longboard Racing.png|thumb|Sierra Longboard Racing, 1874]]

===Sierra longboard racing===
[[File:Dope_is_King.jpg|thumb|1869 Alturas Snow Shoe Club race meet]]
[[Skiing]] may have been practiced in Rabbit Creek as early as 1851 by  Hamilton Ward and James Murray using improvised barrel staves.<ref>Berry, William B. (1991) ''Lost Sierra: Gold, Ghosts, and Skis, the legendary days of skiing in the California mining camps''
Soda Springs: Western America SkiSport Museum {{OCLC|26037828}} p11</ref> In 1866 the Alturas Snowshoe Club was formed at La Porte.<ref>''Sacramento Daily Union'' Volume 32, Number 4967, 28 February 1867</ref><ref>Mills, David C. (1938) “California Pioneers on Skis” ''American Ski Annual'' pg 35–36</ref> This longboard racing association was founded by Creed Haymond to arrange the local Norwegian snow-shoe club tournaments at [[Onion Valley]],<ref>[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MDA18680129.2.6&srpos=19 "Snow Shoe Racing"] ''Marysville Daily Appeal'', Vol 17 #24, 29 January 1868</ref> Port Wine,<ref>[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18690304.2.2&srpos=29 "Snow Shoe Races in Sierra"] ''Sacramento Daily Union'', Volume 36, Number 5596, 4 March 1869</ref> St. Louis, Pine Grove,<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86058108/1863-03-21/ed-1/seq-2/  "Snow Shoe Race"] ''Weekly Butte Record'', March 21, 1863 p2</ref> Howland Flat,<ref>[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18680328.2.4&srpos=27 "Snowshoe Racing at Howland Flat"] ''Sacramento Daily Union'' Volume 35 Number 5304, 28 March 1868</ref> Newark,<ref>[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MDA18620225.2.4&srpos=102 "The News"] ''Marysville Daily Appeal'' Volume V, Number 48, 25 February 1862</ref> [[Gibsonville, California|Gibsonville]],<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014381/1890-04-03/ed-1/seq-3/ "Racing on Snow-Shoes"] ''Sacramento Daily Record-Union'' April 03, 1890</ref> and others. The last annual La Porte tournament was held in 1911, although revivals were held in 1938, 1941, 1951–1952, 1964 and since 1993 at nearby California locations.<ref>Page, David (2017) [https://www.powder.com/stories/longboarding-lost-sierra Longboarding Through the Lost Sierra] ''Powder'' magazine</ref><ref>Berry, William B. (1991) ''Lost Sierra: Gold, Ghosts, and Skis'' Soda Springs: Western America SkiSport Museum {{OCLC|26037828}} pp222–223</ref>

[[California Historical Landmark]]s 723 and 724 note La Porte as a Pioneer Ski Area of America.<ref>[https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/723 Pioneer Ski Area] Parks CA</ref>
Plumas National Forest Service placed an informational placard atop nearby Lexington Hill, replacing a 1991 Alturas Snowshoe Club marker which commemorated the start of organized downhill ski racing in the western hemisphere.<ref>[https://www.plumasmuseum.org/pdf/nletter05.08.pdf Historical Markers of Plumas County] ''las Plumas'' v34 #2 2008 Plumas County Museum Association p4</ref>

==Education==
The school district is [[Plumas Unified School District]].<ref>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06063_plumas/DC20SD_C06063.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Plumas County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|date= December 18, 2020|access-date=2025-03-22}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06063_plumas/DC20SD_C06063_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

== Notable people ==
*[[Charlotte Ah Tye Chang]] (1873–1972), Chinese-American activist born in La Porte
*[[Claire Cayot O'Rourke]], supercentenarian and the first woman to hold public office in the state of California.

==See also==
*[[California Historical Landmarks in Plumas County]]
*[[The Union Hotel, La Porte, California]]
*[[Gold Country]]

==References==
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{{Plumas County, California}}

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[[Category:Populated places in the Sierra Nevada (United States)]]