Martins Ferry, California

Coordinates: 41°12′29″N 123°45′19″W / 41.20806°N 123.75528°W / 41.20806; -123.75528

Martins Ferry
Former settlement
Martins Ferry Location in California
Coordinates: 41°12′29″N 123°45′19″W / 41.20806°N 123.75528°W / 41.20806; -123.75528
Country	United States
State	California
County	Humboldt County
Elevation^[1]	315 ft (96 m)

Martins Ferry is a former settlement in Klamath County and later in Humboldt County, California.^[1] It lay on the Klamath River,^[2] at an elevation of 315 feet (96 m).^[1] It still appeared on maps as of 1983.^[1]

History

A post office operated at Martins Ferry from 1861 to 1862 and from 1865 to 1891.^[2] There was a military fort at the place in the 1860s.^[2] The name honors John F. Martin, its first postmaster, who also operated a ferry.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Martins Ferry, California
1 2 3 4 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 102. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Humboldt County, California, United States

County seat: Eureka

Cities	Arcata Blue Lake Eureka Ferndale Fortuna Rio Dell Trinidad

CDPs	Alderpoint Bayview Benbow Big Lagoon Cutten Fieldbrook Fields Landing Garberville Humboldt Hill Hydesville Indianola Loleta McKinleyville Manila Miranda Myers Flat Myrtletown Orick Phillipsville Pine Hills Redcrest Redway Samoa Scotia Shelter Cove Weott Westhaven-Moonstone Willow Creek

Unincorporated communities	Alton Bayside Blocksburg Briceland Bridgeville Carlotta Cooks Valley Dinsmore Elk River Englewood Fairhaven Fernbridge Fort Seward Freshwater Freshwater Corners Fruitland Glendale Holmes Honeydew Hoopa Johnsons King Salmon Kneeland Korbel Maple Creek Moonstone Orleans Patricks Point Pepperwood Petrolia Pine Hill Port Kenyon Ridgewood Heights Riverside Park Rohnerville Rosewood Shively Stafford Sunny Brae Weitchpec Westhaven Whitethorn

Indian reservations	Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria Big Lagoon Rancheria Blue Lake Rancheria Hupa Wiyot Tribe Yurok Indian Reservation

Ghost towns	Acorn Albeeville Apyu Aranimokw Arekw Atsepar Bald Hills Blaine Bracut Brainard Brock Creek Bryan Bryant Bucksport Calville Camp 4 Flat Camp 19 Camp Grant Centerville Chinits Cleveland Crannell Daby's Ferry Dark Canyon Dinty Dyer Place Dyerville Eddyville Elinor Elk Grove Elk Prairie Erner Ertlerger Eshpeu Frank Fruitland Fort Baker Gans Hadley Hartsook Honsading Humboldt City Iaqua Kokaman Kworatem Lippitt Lockharts Lone Star Loolego Luffenholtz Mandala Martins Ferry McDuff Meridian Metropolitan Mountain View Mower Myrtle Grove Northern Redwood Camp Oketo Opegoi Ore'q Panamenik Pardee's Ranch Pasara Pekwan Pekwuteu Robinson's Ferry Scribner Shanamkarak Showers Pass Shregegon Shumig Skelly Smith Tanoak Three Cabins Tsofkara Tsurau West Humboldt Wilder

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