Poonkiny is a former settlement in
Mendocino County,
California.
It was located southwest of
Covelo.
A post office operated at Poonkiny from 1896 to 1900.
It is named after the word for
wormwood
Wormwood may refer to:
Biology
* Several plants of the genus ''Artemisia'':
** ''Artemisia abrotanum'', southern wormwood
** '' Artemisia absinthium'', common wormwood, grande wormwood or absinthe wormwood
** ''Artemisia annua'', sweet wormwood o ...
in the language of the
Yuki tribe.
References
Former settlements in Mendocino County, California
Former populated places in California
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