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Mendocino (Spanish for "of Mendoza") [4] is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States.The name comes from Cape Mendocino 85 miles (137 km) to the north, named by early Spanish navigators in honor of Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain.
English: Locator map showing Mendocino County — in northwestern coastal California. David Benbennick made this map. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps .
Mendocino County (/ ˌ m ɛ n d ə ˈ s iː n oʊ / ⓘ; Mendocino, Spanish for "of Mendoza") [6] is a county located on the North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census , the population was 91,601. [ 7 ]
State Route 128 (SR 128) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California, connecting the Mendocino coast to the Sacramento Valley, through the state's Wine Country. It runs from State Route 1 near Albion to Interstate 505 in Winters.
Regional Seismicity 1985–2003. The Cape Mendocino region of California's north coast is one of the most seismically active regions in the contiguous United States.Three earthquakes with epicenters nearby at the town of Petrolia and offshore west of Cape Mendocino, 25–26 April 1992, were outstanding, one reaching 7.2 M w; [8] shaking the town so badly, fires broke out and burned down ...
The southern portion of the North Coast is largely urbanized while the rest is mostly rural. The more remote northern areas are often referred to as being located "behind the Redwood Curtain." [4] A segment of the coastline in Mendocino and Humboldt Counties is known as the Lost Coast, and is only accessible by a few back roads. [5]
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.
The Lost Coast is a mostly natural and undeveloped area of the California North Coast in Humboldt and Mendocino Counties, which includes the King Range. It was named the "Lost Coast" after the area experienced depopulation in the 1930s. [ 1 ]