Petrolia (Calif.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Petrolia (Calif.)
Coordinates
-124.2869444 -124.2869444 40.32527778 40.32527778 (gooearth )
W1241713 W1241713 N0401931 N0401931 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 124375171
Wikidata: Q3474443
Library of congress: n 83176289
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 40°19ʹ31ʺN 124°17ʹ13ʺW)
  • Clark, T.K. Regional history of Petrolia and the Mattole Valley, c1983:t.p. (Petrolia [Calif.])
  • Rand McNally comm. atlas, 1979(Petrolia, Humboldt Co., Calif.)

Wikipedia description:

Petrolia is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States, United States, 10 miles (16 km), southeast of Cape Mendocino. The site of the first oil well drilled in California, it lies at an elevation of 121 feet (37 m) above sea level, within ZIP Code 95558, with an area code 707.

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