Port Kenyon, California

Coordinates: 40°35′42″N 124°16′47″W / 40.59500°N 124.27972°W / 40.59500; -124.27972

Port Kenyon
Unincorporated community

1876 hypothetical plat map showing relative wharf location
Port Kenyon
Port Kenyon

Location in California

Coordinates: 40°35′42″N 124°16′47″W / 40.59500°N 124.27972°W / 40.59500; -124.27972
Country United States
State California
County Humboldt County
Elevation[1] 13 ft (4 m)

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]

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]

See also

Salt River (California)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Port Kenyon, California
  2. 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. 125. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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