Lassen County

221 S. Roop St., Susanville, CA 96130
(530) 251-8333
www.co.lassen.ca.us

POPULATION:	35,757

INCORPORATION DATE:	1864

FORM OF GOVERNMENT:	General Law


BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:	District 1 - Robert F. Pyle * District 2 - Jim Chapman District 3 - Lloyd I. Keefer District 4 - Brian D. Dahle District 5 - John E. Hanson
	*Denotes Chair of the Board

BOARD MEETS:	Second, Third and Fourth Tuesdays

LASSEN. County seat, Susanville. Created April 1, 1864. The county's name was derived from Mount Lassen which was named for Peter Lassen, one of General Fremont's guides and a famous trapper, frontiersman and Indian fighter. He was killed by the Paiutes at the base of the mountain in 1859.

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