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Trinidad
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seaside city in Humboldt County, California, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Humboldt
- Incorporated
- November 7, 1870
- Type
- Council-Manager Government
- Mayor
- Cheryl Kelly
- Total
- 0.67 sq mi (1.74 km )
- Land
- 0.49 sq mi (1.26 km )
- Water
- 0.19 sq mi (0.48 km ) 27.74%
- Elevation
- 174 ft (53 m)
- Density
- 633/sq mi (244.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 06-80448
- Gnis feature ids
- 1660029 , 2412093
- Website
- trinidad .ca .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Trinidad
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Humboldt County
- Population
- 307
- Area
- 1.737398
- Elevation
- 53
- Official website
- www.trinidad.ca.gov
- Image
- Trinidad California.jpg
- Households
- 164
- Dialing code
- 707
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- Commons category
- Trinidad, California
- Commons gallery
- Trinidad, California
- postal code
- 95570
- inception
- 1870-11-07
- water as percent of area
- 27.7535
- P8168
- sibling species
- water area
- 0.482188
- per capita income
- 58004
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Encyclopedic overview
Trinidad (Spanish for "Trinity"; Yurok: Chuerey) is a seaside city in Humboldt County, California, United States, located on the Pacific Ocean, 8 miles (13 km) north of the Arcata-Eureka Airport and 15 miles (24 km) north of the college town of Arcata. Trinidad is noted for its coastline, with ten public beaches and offshore rocks, part of the California Coastal National Monument, of which Trinidad is a "Gateway City." Fishing operations related to Trinidad Harbor are vital to both local tourism and commercial fishing interests in the region. Situated at an elevation of 174 feet (53 m) above its own North Coast harbor, Trinidad is one of California's smallest incorporated cities by population, with 307 residents in 2020, down from 367 residents in 2010.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trinidad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.