Paskenta, CA

Paskenta is a census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States. Historically, it had greater local importance due to the presence of an active lumber mill. Paskenta sits at an elevation of 725 feet. Paskenta is served by Elkins Elementary School, which offers education from grades K-8. Further education takes place in Corning. A newcomer can read Paskenta through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Paskenta comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Paskenta was originally inhabited by a Nomlaki tribe. In the Nomlaki language, "Paskenta" means "under the hill" or "under the bank". Paskenta is home to Band of Nomlaki Indians.