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Point Arena, formerly known as Punta Arena (Spanish for "Sandy Point") [3] is a small coastal city in Mendocino County, California, United States. Point Arena is located 32 miles (51 km) west of Hopland, [5] at an elevation of 118 feet (36 m). [3] The population was 460 at the 2020 census, [4] making it one of the smallest incorporated cities ...
The Main Street Historic Commercial District in Point Arena, California is a 4-acre (1.6 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It included 21 contributing buildings. [1] [2]
The city of Arena Cove, which has changed little during the 19th and 20th centuries, is no stranger to natural disasters. The city and the Point Arena Lighthouse were damaged during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and the wharf was damaged beyond repair during severe storms in 1983 and was rebuilt in 1986. Distant earthquakes have created ...
The first European to record Point Arena was Spaniard Bartolomé Ferrer in 1543, who named it Cabo de Fortunas ("cape of fortunes"). in 1775, lieutenant Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (commander of the schooner Sonora) renamed the cape Punta Delgado ("narrow point") during a royal expedition chartered by the Viceroyalty of New Spain to map the north coast of Alta California.
Point Arena: City 449 17 Round Valley Reservation [66] (partially in Trinity County) AIAN: 401 18 Philo: CDP 349 19 Anchor Bay: CDP 340 20 Redwood Valley Rancheria [67] AIAN 238 t-21 Laytonville Rancheria [68] AIAN 212 t-21 Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria [69] AIAN 212 22 Manchester: CDP 195 t-23 Albion: CDP 168 t-23 Sherwood Valley Rancheria ...
Point Arena: The Gillmore house is one of the few houses in Point Arena that was designed in an architectural style, specifically Second Empire. Built in the 1870s, the house was the residence of E.P. Gillmore, a one time county supervisor and the owner of a local livery stable and general store. [9] 11: Sid Groshon House: Sid Groshon House
SR 1 – Mendocino, Fort Bragg, Point Arena: West end of SR 128: Boonville: 29.58: SR 253 east – Ukiah: West end of SR 253: Sonoma SON 0.00-24.76 North Cloverdale Boulevard (US 101 Bus. south, SR 128 Bus. east) – Cloverdale: West end of US 101 Bus. overlap L4.86
Manchester is a census-designated place [5] in Mendocino County, California, United States. [2] It is located 5 miles (8 km) north of Point Arena [ 6 ] at an elevation of 85 feet (26 m). [ 2 ] The population was 159 at the 2020 census , [ 3 ] down from 195 in 2010.