Guenoc is a former settlement in
Lake County,
California
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.
It was located in the
Coyote Valley northeast of
Middletown,
at an elevation of 968 feet (295 m).
Guenoc was founded in 1866.
Its first store opened in 1866.
The Guenoc region was planted with vineyards in the 1880s, where
Burgundy
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varietals were grown.
Thoroughbred
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horses were also raised in the area, where actress
Lillie Langtry lived for a time on a still-extant ranch. In 2020, the Guenoc Valley was approved as the site of a large rural mixed-use housing development, the Guenoc Valley Project.
A post office operated at Guenoc from 1867 to 1880.
References
External links
The Guenoc Valley Project
Former settlements in Lake County, California
Former populated places in California
Populated places established in 1866
1866 establishments in California
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