Khawina, California

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Khawina
Former settlement
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Khawina
Location in California
Coordinates: 38°59′55″N122°40′38″W / 38.99861°N 122.67722°W / 38.99861; -122.67722 Coordinates: 38°59′55″N122°40′38″W / 38.99861°N 122.67722°W / 38.99861; -122.67722
Country United States
State California
County Lake County
Elevation
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1,362 ft (415 m)

Khawina is a former Pomo settlement in Lake County, California, [2] one of a number of Pomo settlements catalogued by Stephen Powers. [3] It was located at Sulphur Bank, [2] at an elevation of 1362 feet (415 m). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulphur Bank
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Khawina, California
  3. Hodge, Frederick Webb, ed. (1910), Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Part 2, Bulletin of the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, vol. 30, Washington, Govt. print. off, p. 277