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Antonio de Mendoza, the namesake of Mendocino. Prior to 1850, a Pomo settlement named Buldam was located near Mendocino on the north bank of the Big River.In 1850, the ship Frolic was wrecked a few miles north of Mendocino, at Point Cabrillo, and the investigation of the wreck by agents of Henry Meiggs sparked the development of the timber industry in the area. [6]
English: Locator map showing Mendocino County — in northwestern coastal California. David Benbennick made this map. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps .
Mendocino County (/ ˌ m ɛ n d ə ˈ s iː n oʊ / ⓘ; Mendocino, Spanish for "of Mendoza") [6] is a county located on the North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census , the population was 91,601. [ 7 ]
The Emerald Triangle is a region in Northern California that derives its name from being the largest cannabis-producing region in the United States. The region includes three counties in an upside-down triangular configuration: Humboldt County, on the coast; Trinity County, inland; Mendocino County, to the south
Little River (formerly known as Littleriver, Bell's Harbor, and Kent's Landing) [5] is a small census-designated place [6] in Mendocino County, California, United States. [2] It lies at an elevation of 66 feet (20 m), [2] 3 miles (5 km) south of the town of Mendocino and running along the Pacific Ocean coast on State Route 1.
The Mendocino triple junction is located at the eastern end of the Mendocino fracture zone where it approaches Cape Mendocino. The Mendocino triple junction (MTJ) is the point where the Gorda plate, the North American plate, and the Pacific plate meet, in the Pacific Ocean near Cape Mendocino in northern California.
The Mendocino and Headlands Historic District is a nationally recognized and locally protected historic district in Mendocino, California. It is bounded roughly by the Pacific Ocean on the west and south, Little Lake Street on the north and California State Route 1 on the east.
Location City or town Summary; Fort Bragg: 615: Fort Bragg: 343 N. Main St. Fort Bragg: The site of the original U.S. Army fort is the landmark, not the municipality that is currently there by the same name.