Those that stayed worked the placer gold diggings of nearby, short-lived camps like Horsetown, Buckeye, and Whiskeytown, California. The discovery of gold near Shasta in 1848 brought California Gold Rush-era Forty-Niners up the Siskiyou Trail in search of riches - most passed through Shasta, and continued to use it as base of operations. Sometimes referred to today as 'Old Shasta', the town was an important commercial center and a major shipping point for mule trains and stagecoaches serving the mining towns and later settlements of northern California. Shasta State Historic Park located at Shasta is a ghost town and California State Historic Park.Ī bustling town of the 1850s through the 1880s, Shasta was for its time, the largest settlement in Shasta County and the surrounding area. Its population is 1,043 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,771 from the 2010 census.

Shasta sits at an elevation of 843 feet (257 m). Shasta is a census-designated place (CDP) in Shasta County, California, United States.

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