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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]
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 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.
Cape Mendocino is the westernmost point in California (longitude 124 degrees, 24 minutes, 30 seconds). Humboldt Bay, the only deepwater port between San Francisco and Coos Bay, Oregon, is located on the coast at the midpoint of the county. Humboldt County contains a diversity of plant and animal species, with significant forest and coastal ...
The Mendocino National Forest is located in the Coastal Mountain Range in northwestern California and comprises 913,306 acres (3,696.02 km 2). It is the only national forest in the state of California without a major paved road entering it.
Regional Seismicity 1985–2003. The Cape Mendocino region of California's north coast is one of the most seismically active regions in the contiguous United States.Three earthquakes with epicenters nearby at the town of Petrolia and offshore west of Cape Mendocino, 25–26 April 1992, were outstanding, one reaching 7.2 M w; [8] shaking the town so badly, fires broke out and burned down ...
Mendocino Brewing Company, located in Ukiah, Mendocino County, California Mendocino Unified School District , serving Mendocino County, California Mendocino (microprocessor) , a code name for the second generation Intel Celeron processor