Mark West Springs, California

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Mark West Springs, California
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Mark West Springs, California
Location within the state of California
Coordinates: 38°32′57″N122°43′13″W / 38.54917°N 122.72028°W / 38.54917; -122.72028 Coordinates: 38°32′57″N122°43′13″W / 38.54917°N 122.72028°W / 38.54917; -122.72028
Country United States
State California
County Sonoma
Elevation [1] 449 ft (137 m)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
  Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code 95492
Area code(s) 707
FIPS code 06-46010
GNIS feature ID 228121

Mark West Springs is an unincorporated community in eastern Santa Rosa, California. Mark West Springs is located on Porter Creek Road in the Mayacamas Mountains. Mark West Creek flows through the community.

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.

Santa Rosa, California City in California, United States

Santa Rosa is a city in and the county seat of Sonoma County, in California's Wine Country. Its estimated 2016 population was 175,155. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Redwood Empire, Wine Country and the North Bay; the fifth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont; and the 28th most populous city in California.

Mayacamas Mountains mountain range in California

The Mayacamas Mountains are located in northwestern California in the United States. The mountain range is part of the Northern Inner Coast Ranges, of the California Coast Ranges System.

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Mark West Springs is named for Scottish American pioneer William Marcus West. [2]

Settler person who has migrated to an area and established permanent residence there

A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established a permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. Settlers are generally from a sedentary culture, as opposed to nomads who share and rotate their settlements with little or no concept of individual land ownership. Settlements are often built on land already claimed or owned by another group. Many times settlers are backed by governments or large countries. They also sometimes leave in search of religious freedom.

William Marcus "Mark" West is a Scottish American pioneer who settled in what is now eastern Sonoma County, California, United States.

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