Port Kenyon, California facts for kids
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Port Kenyon
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1876 hypothetical plat map showing relative wharf location
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 Port Kenyon
Location in California
Port Kenyon
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Humboldt County |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
Port Kenyon is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Ferndale, at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m).
A post office operated at Port Kenyon from 1886 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1913. The town was founded by John Gardner Kenyon in 1876. The town was initially a major point of shipping for locally-raised dairy products; it also had a fish cannery. After silting of the Salt River and repeated flooding, the port declined in the 1890s.
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