The Ukiah area is an area of in southeastern

Mendocino County, California Mendocino County (; ''Mendocino'', Spanish for "of Mendoza) is a county located on the North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,601. The county seat is Ukiah. Mendocino County consists whol ...

that encompasses the arable valleys of the Russian River drainage system and the adjacent parts of the Mendocino Range Mountains of the Pacific Coast Range.

Geography

Several shipping points on the railroad in the Ukiah and Sanel Valleys serve surrounding towns and resorts in the Coast Range.

Hopland, California Hopland (formerly Sanel) is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located on the west bank of the Russian River south-southeast of Ukiah, in the Sanel Valley, at an elevation of . The population was ...

grew when the railroad came along, the old business centre from the time of the old toll roads, before the railway, being Old Hopland. Other stops include: * Echo * Cummiskey * Pieta () is located near the mouth of Pieta Creek southeast of Hopland, at an elevation of 476 feet (145 m). A post office operated here from 1891 to 1897. The name honors a local Native American chief. * Fountain * Largo () is located on the

Northwestern Pacific Railroad The Northwestern Pacific Railroad is a regional shortline railroad utilizing a stretch of the 271 mile mainline between Schellville and Windsor with freight and Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) commuter trains. Formerly, it was a reg ...

south-southeast of Ukiah, at an elevation of 522 feet (159 m). A post office operated here from 1889 to 1905, having moved in 1897. The name honors Lemuel F. Long, a settler of 1858; "Largo" is

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

for "long". * Henry * El Roble ( is located on the

south-southeast of Ukiah, at an elevation of 564 feet (172 m). El Roble (formerly El Robles) is a Spanish name meaning "the oak(s)". *

Redwood Valley Redwood Valley (formerly Basil) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located north of Ukiah, the county seat, at an elevation of , and comprises the northern portion of the Ukiah Valley. It i ...

* Laughlin

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