

Most of the former CCD is covered by the Six Rivers National Forest and the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. The population was 838 at the 2000 census. Īt the 2000 census, Mad River constituted a census county division (CCD). Myth has it that the leader of the party, in apparent anger with fellow companions over latitude positioning, coined the term when comparing the experience of the difficult exchange between his peers. The stream was named in December 1849 by the Gregg Party. It is also home to Van Duzen Elementary School. Mad River is home to Southern Trinity High School, the region's only high school, with an enrollment of 45 students.
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Starting in the Spring of 2014, Ruth residents with mail boxes on the Mad River Road are now part of the Mad River zip code and use the city designation of Mad River, CA 95552. Ruth residents with Post Office Boxes at the Ruth Store share the 95526 zip code with Bridgeville. Its post office serves itself and the communities of Dinsmore (Humboldt County), and Van Duzen both using 95552 as their ZIP code. Until it closed, the next services were the Wildwood Store, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Platina.

Mad River has the last services on California State Route 36 until the Platina Store, 44 miles (71 km) away. Its population is 361 as of the 2020 census, down from 420 from the 2010 census.

Mad River sits at an elevation of 2,484 feet (757 m). Mad River is located in the southern part of the county. Mad River (formerly Kuntz) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Trinity County, California. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mad River, California
