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History · Igo

Igo’s post office opened in 1873, and 66% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1948 on.

1873first post office
0on the National Register
66%homes built before 1940
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How Igo began

When was Igo founded?

1873

The Igo post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 103153 years
Founding year: the first Igo post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Igo’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Igo are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Igo’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Igo’s history is told.

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The story so far

Igo, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Igo yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Igo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) nine miles west of Redding, California, United States. Its population is 103 as of the 2020 census. Its ZIP Code is 96047. Wired Telephone numbers follow the pattern 530-396-xxxx. It has a neighboring town of Ono, which is four miles west of Igo. It is also home to the Northern California Veterans Cemetery, dedicated in December 2005. It has a post office, elementary school, general store, and a restaurant/banquet hall. The name Igo may be derived from an unidentified Native American language. According to folk etymology, Igo was named from the question "I go?" frequently asked by a miner's son who liked to accompany his f…

Its first post office opened in 1873.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Igo on the map, 1948 to 1998

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Igo. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Igo on the 1948 USGS mapIgo on the 1979 USGS mapIgo on the 1998 USGS map1948French Gulch sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Igo.

Famous people

Famous people close to Igo

Nobody well known was born in Igo itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Megan RapinoeAmerican soccer player · b. 1985
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Jim HanksAmerican actor · b. 1961
Brian Sandoval29th Governor of Nevada and former United State… · b. 1963
Francesca EastwoodAmerican actress · b. 1993
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Robert ShawAmerican conductor · b. 1916
Scott LearyAmerican swimmer · b. 1881

Questions about Igo’s history

What year was Igo founded?

The Igo post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.