Mendocino
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unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Mendocino
- Total
- 3.032 sq mi (7.85 km )
- Land
- 2.257 sq mi (5.85 km )
- Water
- 0.775 sq mi (2.01 km ) 25.56%
- Elevation
- 154 ft (47 m)
- Density
- 412.9/sq mi (159.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 06-46814
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- census-designated place in the United States
- Official name
- Mendocino
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mendocino County
- Population
- 932
- Area
- 19.219944
- Elevation
- 47
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Official website
- www.visitmendocino.com
- Image
- Mendocino California.jpg
- Households
- 377
- Dialing code
- 707
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- Commons category
- Mendocino, California
- postal code
- 95460
- water as percent of area
- 69.5806
- water area
- 13.37335
- per capita income
- 37601
- located in/on physical feature
- Big River
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Encyclopedic overview
Mendocino (Spanish for "of Mendoza") 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. Despite its small size, the town's scenic location on a headland surrounded by the Pacific Ocean has made it extremely popular as an artists' colony and with vacationers.
Mendocino is located 10 miles (16 km) south of Fort Bragg at an elevation of 154 feet (47 m). For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Mendocino as a census-designated place (CDP). The population of the CDP was 932 at the 2020 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mendocino” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.