Fairbanks, Mendocino County, California

Fairbanks is a former settlement in Mendocino County, California.[1] It was located in the Anderson Valley on the stage coach line 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Boonville.[1]

A post office operated at Fairbanks from 1893 to 1910.[1] The name honored Isabel G. Fairbanks, its first postmaster.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 24. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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