Yontocket, California

Yontocket
—  Unincorporated community  —
Yontocket
Location in California
Coordinates:
Country United States
State California
County Del Norte County
Elevation[1] 30 ft (9 m)

Yontocket is an unincorporated community in Del Norte County, California. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) west-southwest of Smith River,[2] at an elevation of 26 feet (8 m).

History

The Yontocket Historic District, an archeological site of the Indigenous peoples of California on the National Register of Historic Places, is located near here.

A massacre of Tolowa people took place near here in 1853.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yontocket, California
  2. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 171. ISBN 9781884995149.