Gasquet, California

Gasquet first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census. The whole population lived in households. There were 321 households, out of which 60 (18.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 151 (47.0%) were married-couple households, 25 (7.8%) were cohabiting couple households, 83 (25.9%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 62 (19.3%) had a male householder with no partner present. 105 households (32.7%) were one person, and 74 (23.1%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.05. The age distribution was 91 people (13.9%) under the age of 18, 21 people (3.2%) aged 18 to 24, 111 people (16.9%) aged 25 to 44, 187 people (28.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 247 people (37.6%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 59.7years. For every 100 females, there were 87.2 males. There were 378 housing units at an average density of , of which 321 (84.9%) were occupied. Of these, 238 (74.1%) were owner-occupied, and 83 (25.9%) were occupied by renters. == Politics ==

In the state legislature, Gasquet is in , and . Federally, Gasquet is in . ==Notable people==

Retired Canadian Football League quarterback Buck Pierce was born in Gasquet, and attended school in nearby Crescent City. Pierce played nine seasons in the CFL. As of 2018, he is the quarterback coach for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Pioneer Mary Adams Peacock carried the U.S. Mail from Crescent City to Grants Pass, Oregon in the 1880s and 1890s. After operating the hotels at Gasquet Village for nine years under Gasquet family management, she operated the hotels alone for 12 years until she married Pete Peacock, who ran the coach station. In 1932, when the Mary Adams Peacock Bridge across the Smith River on U.S. Route 199 near Gasquet was named, it was the first bridge in the state to be named for a woman. The bridge was built in 1926 and remodeled in 1985. Two plants, Anemone adamsiana (considered a variety of Anemonoides oregana) and Valeriana adamsiana, were named for her. ==Climate==

Gasquet has a mediterranean climate (Csb) with mild to warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters. Its mountainside and nearby ocean location in Northern California allows it to become one of the wettest communities in the state with 91 inches of rain a year. ==See also==