Ukiah area facts for kids

1914 sketch map of Ukiah area showing location of arable valleys

The Ukiah area is an area of 303 square miles (78,000 ha) in southeastern Mendocino County, California that encompasses the arable valleys of the Russian River drainage system and the adjacent parts of the Mendocino Range Mountains of the Pacific Coast Range.

Geography

Several shipping points on the railroad in the Ukiah and Sanel Valleys serve surrounding towns and resorts in the Coast Range. Hopland, California grew when the railroad came along, the old business centre from the time of the old toll roads, before the railway, being Old Hopland. Other stops include:

• Echo
• Cummiskey
• Pieta (38°55′36″N 123°03′19″W / 38.92667°N 123.05528°W / 38.92667; -123.05528) is located near the mouth of Pieta Creek 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Hopland, at an elevation of 476 feet (145 m). A post office operated here from 1891 to 1897. The name honors a local Native American chief.
• Fountain
• Largo (39°01′18″N 123°07′48″W / 39.02167°N 123.13000°W / 39.02167; -123.13000) is located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad 10 miles (16 km) south-southeast of Ukiah, at an elevation of 522 feet (159 m). A post office operated here from 1889 to 1905, having moved in 1897. The name honors Lemuel F. Long, a settler of 1858; "Largo" is Spanish for "long".
• Henry
• El Roble (39°05′23″N 123°10′51″W / 39.08972°N 123.18083°W / 39.08972; -123.18083 is located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-southeast of Ukiah, at an elevation of 564 feet (172 m). El Roble (formerly El Robles) is a Spanish name meaning "the oak(s)".
• Redwood Valley
• Laughlin