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History · Rancho Tehama Reserve

Half of Rancho Tehama Reserve’s homes were built after 1992

Most of Rancho Tehama Reserve was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: maps from 1952 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Rancho Tehama Reserve’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 Rancho Tehama Reserve are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rancho Tehama Reserve’s history is told.

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The story

How Rancho Tehama Reserve came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Rancho Tehama Reserve.

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During a shooting spree on November 13–14, five people were killed and eighteen others were injured at eight separate crime scenes, including an elementary school. Ten people suffered bullet wounds and eight were cut by flying glass caused by the gunfire. The gunman, Kevin Janson Neal, died by suicide after a Corning police officer rammed and stopped his stolen vehicle.

Chapters2017 shooting spree

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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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

Rancho Tehama Reserve on the map, 1952 to 1969

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

Rancho Tehama Reserve on the 1952 USGS mapRancho Tehama Reserve on the 1969 USGS map1952Red Bank sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Rancho Tehama Reserve, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,60020002020Peak: 1,572

Between 1,406 and 1,572 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Rancho Tehama Reserve’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Rancho Tehama Reserve

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

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Blaire WhiteAmerican YouTuber and political commentator · b. 1993
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Robert ShawAmerican conductor · b. 1916
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Tom BruceAmerican swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former… · b. 1952
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Ralph GoingsAmerican artist · b. 1928
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Al GeibergerProfessional golfer · b. 1937
Tyler ReddickAmerican stock car racing driver · b. 1996

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.