Whitethorn (formerly Thorn) is an
unincorporated community
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in
Humboldt County,
California
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, United States.
It is located southwest of
Garberville,
at an elevation of , with a population of 817.
Whitethorn shares a
ZIP Code, 95589, with
Shelter Cove, California
Shelter Cove is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It lies at an elevation of 138 feet (42 m). Shelter Cove is on California's Lost Coast where the King Range meets the Pacific Ocean. A nine-hole golf course surrounds th ...
. It is located along California's
Lost Coast
The Lost Coast is a mostly natural and undeveloped area of the California North Coast in Humboldt and Mendocino counties, which includes the King Range. It was named the "Lost Coast" after the area experienced depopulation in the 1930s. In a ...
.
Overview
The Thorn post office opened in 1888, closed in 1923, reopened in 1951, and changed its name to Whitethorn in 1961.
The Whitethorn post office is located near
Thorn Junction on the road between Shelter Cove and Whitethorn. Some remote areas in northern Mendocino County are also served by this post office and thus have Whitethorn addresses.
Whitethorn Elementary School (grades K–7) is located in Whitethorn and is part of the Southern Humboldt Unified School District. Students from the Whitethorn area attend South Fork High School in
Miranda.
Whale Gulch Elementary (grades K–8) and Whale Gulch High School are about southeast of Whitethorn. They have Whitethorn addresses, but are located in Mendocino County and are part of the Leggett Valley Unified School District.
About south of central Whitethorn is
Redwoods Monastery, a community of
Cistercian nuns
Cistercian nuns are female members of the Cistercian Order, a religious order of the Catholic Church.
History
The Cistercian Order was initially a male order. Cistercian female monasteries began to appear by 1125. The first Cistercian monastery ...
.
The ZIP Code is 95589. The community is inside
area code 707
Area codes 707 and 369 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the northwestern part of the U.S. state of California. The area codes serve part of the northern San Francisco Bay Area, as well as the North Coast. ...
.
Climate
Whitethorn has a
warm-summer Mediterranean climate
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(Köppen climate classification: ''Csb'') that is characterized by warm (but not hot) and dry summers, and mild to chilly, rainy and/or snowy winters. In Whitethorn's case, the climate is moderated by the proximity to the
Pacific Ocean
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with small temperature variations on average throughout the year, which results in comfortable year-round temperatures.
Politics
In the
state legislature
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Two federations literally use the term "state legislature":
* The legislative branches of ...
, Whitethorn is in , and .
Federally, Whitethorn is in .
See also
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References
External links
WhitethornRedwoods Monastery
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Unincorporated communities in Humboldt County, California
Unincorporated communities in California