Port Kenyon, California
Port Kenyon is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.[1] It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Ferndale,[2] at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m).[1]
Port Kenyon | |
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 1876 hypothetical plat map showing relative wharf location | |
  Port Kenyon Location in California  Port Kenyon Port Kenyon (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°35′42″N 124°16′47″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Humboldt County |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
A post office operated at Port Kenyon from 1886 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1913.[2] The town was founded by John Gardner Kenyon in 1876.[2] After silting of the Salt River and repeated flooding, the port declined in the 1890s.[2]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Port Kenyon, California
- Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 125. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
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