Pepperwood (formerly Barkdull)
is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Humboldt County,
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
.
It is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of
Redcrest,
at an elevation of 115 feet (35 m).
Pepperwood is the northernmost community along the
Avenue of the Giants
The Avenue of the Giants is a scenic highway in northern California, United States, running through Humboldt Redwoods State Park. It is named after the coastal redwoods that tower over the route. The road is a former alignment of U.S. Route 101, ...
. The ZIP Code is 95569. The community is inside
area code 707
Area code 707 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the northwestern part of the U.S. state of California. It was created by a split of area code 415 on March 1, 1959. It serves part of the northern San Francisco ...
.
A post office operated at Pepperwood from 1887 to 1892 and from 1901 to 1965.
The town was largely destroyed by the
Christmas flood of 1964
The Christmas flood of 1964 was a major flood in the United States' Pacific Northwest and some of Northern California between December 18, 1964, and January 7, 1965, spanning the Christmas holiday.
Considered a 100-year flood,
it was the wor ...
.
Politics
In the
state legislature, Pepperwood is in , and .
Federally, Pepperwood is in .
See also
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References
Unincorporated communities in Humboldt County, California
Unincorporated communities in California
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