# Talmage, California > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Talmage%2C_California > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Talmage%2C_California.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmage%2C_California > Source revision: 1354143807 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{for|the urban neighborhood|Talmadge, San Diego}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Talmage |settlement_type = [Unincorporated Community](/source/Unincorporated_Community)
[Census Designated Place](/source/Census_Designated_Place) |image_skyline = Talmage Post Office - 2021-10-30 - Sarah Stierch.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Talmage Post Office in 2021 |image_seal = |image_map = Mendocino_County_California_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Talmage_Highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250x200px |map_caption = Location in [Mendocino County](/source/Mendocino_County%2C_California) and the state of [California](/source/California) |map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = USA | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{USA}} |subdivision_type1 = [State](/source/U.S._state) |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|California}} |subdivision_type2 = [County](/source/List_of_counties_in_California) |subdivision_name2 = [Mendocino](/source/Mendocino_County%2C_California) | unit_pref = US | area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files: California |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_place_06.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=August 24, 2022}} | area_total_sq_mi = 1.592 | area_land_sq_mi = 1.590 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.002 | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = 0.13 | area_note = |elevation_ft = 627 |elevation_m = 191 |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = {{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0677784&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Talmage CDP, California: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=August 24, 2022}} |population_total = 986 |population_metro = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = 620.1 |timezone = [Pacific (PST)](/source/Pacific_Time_Zone) |utc_offset = -8 |coordinates = {{coord|39|08|00|N|123|10|04|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = {{gnis|1659949}} |timezone_DST = PDT |utc_offset_DST = -7 |postal_code_type = [ZIP code](/source/ZIP_code) |postal_code = 95481 |area_code = [707](/source/Area_code_707) |blank_name = [FIPS code](/source/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard) |blank_info = 06-77784 |blank1_name = [GNIS](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System) feature ID |blank1_info = 1659949 }} '''Talmage''' (variant, '''Talmadge''') is a [census-designated place](/source/census-designated_place) (CDP) in [Mendocino County](/source/Mendocino_County%2C_California), [California](/source/California), United States. Talmage is located {{convert|2.5|mi|km|0}} east-southeast of [Ukiah](/source/Ukiah%2C_California),{{California's Geographic Names|154}} at an elevation of {{Convert|627|ft|m}}. The population was 986 at the [2020 census](/source/2020_United_States_census), down from 1,130 in 2010. It lies in the southeastern part of the [Ukiah Valley](/source/Ukiah_Valley) and is home to the [City of Ten Thousand Buddhas](/source/City_of_Ten_Thousand_Buddhas), one of the largest [Chan Buddhist](/source/Chan_Buddhist) temples in the United States. The town's name honors early settler Junius Talmage. ==Geography== Talmage is located in southeastern Mendocino County at {{coord|39|08|00|N|123|10|04|W|type:city}}. According to the [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau), the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.6|sqmi|km2}}, of which 99.87% is land and 0.13% is water. thumb|Mill Creek Park in Talmage. ==Sites of interest== Talmage is the site of the [Mendocino State Hospital](/source/Mendocino_State_Hospital) (formerly the Mendocino State Asylum for the Insane), the destination for inmates charged with crimes but found [not guilty by reason of insanity](/source/insanity_defense). The hospital first opened in 1893 with one building at a site near the town of Ukiah, and the hospital was closed in 1972.{{Cite web|title=California State Archives: Inventory of the Department of Mental Hygiene –Mendocino State Hospital Records|url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2c6001q2/|website=The Online Archive of California (OAC), California Digital Library}} The [City of Ten Thousand Buddhas](/source/City_of_Ten_Thousand_Buddhas), a Buddhist community and monastery, is located in the former Mendocino State Hospital.{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Glenda|date=2016-09-20|title='Remembrance Day' held for Mendocino, state mental hospital patients|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/forgotten-mendocino-mental-hospital-patients-commemorated-at-mass-graves/|access-date=2021-12-19|website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat|language=en-US}} The temple also has an elementary and high school ([Developing Virtue Secondary School](/source/Developing_Virtue_Secondary_School)), as well as a university. ==Politics== In the [state legislature](/source/California_State_Legislature), Talmage is in {{Representative|casd|2|fmt=sdistrict}},{{Cite web |url=http://senate.ca.gov/senators |title=Senators |access-date=March 10, 2013 |publisher=State of California}} and {{Representative|caad|2|fmt=adistrict}}.{{Cite web |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |access-date=March 2, 2013 |publisher=State of California}} Federally, Talmage is in {{Representative|cacd|2|fmt=district}}.{{Cite GovTrack|CA|2|access-date=March 1, 2013}} ==Demographics== {{US Census population |2000= 1141 |2010= 1130 |2020= 986 |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)|access-date=}}
1860–1870{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}}{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}} 1880-1890{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}}
1900{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}} 1910{{Cite web|title=1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)|access-date=June 8, 2025|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823050629/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|url-status=dead}} 1920{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}}
1930{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}} 1940{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}} 1950{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}}
1960{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}} 1970{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}} 1980{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}}
1990{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}} 2000{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}} 2010{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}} }} Talmage first appeared as a [census designated place](/source/census_designated_place) in the [2000 U.S. census](/source/2000_U.S._census). ==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category}} {{Mendocino County, California}} {{Russian River}} {{authority control}} Category:Census-designated places in Mendocino County, California Category:Census-designated places in California --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Talmage, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmage%2C_California) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmage%2C_California?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.