40°35′42″N 124°16′47″W / 40.59500°N 124.27972°W / 40.59500; -124.27972
Port Kenyon
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1876 hypothetical plat map showing relative wharf location
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| Coordinates: 40°35′42″N 124°16′47″W / 40.59500°N 124.27972°W / 40.59500; -124.27972 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Humboldt County |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
Port Kenyon is an unincorporated communityinHumboldt 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]
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