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Westport (formerly Beall's Landing) is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States. [1] It is located on California State Route 1 , near the Pacific Ocean , [ 2 ] 13 miles (21 km) north of Fort Bragg , [ 3 ] and at an elevation of 125 feet (38 m).
Part of the county's territory went to Del Norte County in 1857, and in 1874 the remainder was divided between Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. Pautah County, California was created in 1852 out of territory which, the state of California assumed, was to be ceded to it by the United States Congress from territory in what is now the state of Nevada.
Hardy (formerly, Hardyville and Hardy Creek) [2] is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. [1] It is located on California State Route 1 near the Pacific coast [3] 5.25 miles (8.4 km) north of Westport, [2] at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m). [1] A post office operated at Hardy from 1902 to 1915. [2]
Map of California topography and geomorphic provinces California's major mountain ranges. California is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America. Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km 2), California is among the most geographically diverse states.
Newport is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. [1] It is located on California State Route 1 near the Pacific Ocean [2] 4.25 miles (6.8 km) south of Westport, [3] at an elevation of 135 feet (41 m). [1] Newport shipped lumber in prior times. [3]
Westport Innovations, an international company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada; USS Westport, the name of more than one United States Navy ship; SS Westport, the name of a number of merchant ships; CCGS Westport, a Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue vessel; Battle of Westport, 1864, in what is now Kansas City, Missouri
Kibesillah (Pomo: Kabe Sila, meaning "Rock Flat") [2] is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. [1] It is located on California State Route 1 near the Pacific coast [3] 3.25 miles (5.2 km) south of Westport, [4] at an elevation of 138 feet (42 m). [1] A post office operated at Kibesillah from 1874 to 1889. [4]
The first European to record Point Arena was Spaniard Bartolomé Ferrer in 1543, who named it Cabo de Fortunas ("cape of fortunes"). The cape was renamed to Punta Delgado (narrow point) in 1775 by lieutenant Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (commander of the schooner Sonora), part of a royal expedition chartered by the government of Mexico to map the north coast of Alta California.