40°35′42″N 124°16′47″W / 40.59500°N 124.27972°W
Port Kenyon | |
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Coordinates: 40°35′42″N 124°16′47″W / 40.59500°N 124.27972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Humboldt County |
Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
Port Kenyon is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. [1] It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Ferndale, [2] at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m). [1]
A post office operated at Port Kenyon from 1886 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1913. [2] The town was founded by John Gardner Kenyon in 1876. [2] The town was initially a major point of shipping for locally-raised dairy products; it also had a fish cannery. [3] After silting of the Salt River and repeated flooding, the port declined in the 1890s. [2]
40°35′42″N 124°16′47″W / 40.59500°N 124.27972°W
Port Kenyon | |
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Coordinates: 40°35′42″N 124°16′47″W / 40.59500°N 124.27972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Humboldt County |
Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
Port Kenyon is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. [1] It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Ferndale, [2] at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m). [1]
A post office operated at Port Kenyon from 1886 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1913. [2] The town was founded by John Gardner Kenyon in 1876. [2] The town was initially a major point of shipping for locally-raised dairy products; it also had a fish cannery. [3] After silting of the Salt River and repeated flooding, the port declined in the 1890s. [2]