Glendale, Humboldt County, California

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Coordinates: 40°53′59″N124°01′01″W / 40.89972°N 124.01694°W / 40.89972; -124.01694

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Glendale
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Glendale
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Glendale
Glendale (the US)
Coordinates: 40°53′59″N124°01′01″W / 40.89972°N 124.01694°W / 40.89972; -124.01694
Country United States
State California
County Humboldt County
Elevation [1] 92 ft (28 m)

Glendale (Wiyot: p'lèta-kawèti "rocks-white" [2] ) is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. [1] It is located on the Mad River 4 miles (6 km) east-northeast of Arcata, [3] at an elevation of 92 feet (28 m). [1]

Wiyot is an extinct Algic language formerly spoken by the Wiyot of Humboldt Bay, California. The language's last native speaker, Delia Prince, died in 1962.

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Humboldt County, California County in California, United States

Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 132,646. The county seat is Eureka.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glendale, Humboldt County, California
  2. Kroeber. "Wiyot. Languages North of San Francisco". University of California Publications in Am. Arch. and Etho. 9. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  3. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 66. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.