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Pomo (Pomo for "Those who live at red earth hole") is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.[1] It is located 1.25 miles (2 km) southeast of Potter Valley,[2] at an elevation of 942 feet (287 m).[1]

Pomo
Unincorporated community
Pomo
Location in California
Pomo
Pomo (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°18′24″N 123°05′45″W
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMendocino County
Elevation
[1]
942 ft (287 m)

A post office operated at Pomo from 1870 to 1871, from 1872 to 1881, and from 1882 to 1911.[2]

It is named after a village of the Pomo people, itself named Pomo, which stood nearby.[3]


References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pomo, California
  2. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 124. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. Kroeber, Alfred L. (1916), "California place names of Indian origin" (PDF), University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, 12 (2): 31–69, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20.


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