Whitlow, California
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Whitlow is a locality
in Humboldt County
, California
. It is located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad
7 miles (11 km) east of Weott
, at an elevation of 180 feet (54.9 m).
A post office operated at Whitlow from 1927 to 1965. The name honors Albert Whitlow, its first postmaster.
Location (geography)
The terms location and place in geography are used to identify a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term 'location' generally implies a higher degree of can certainty than "place" which often has an ambiguous boundary relying more on human/social attributes of place identity...
in Humboldt County
Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located on the far North Coast 200 miles north of San Francisco. According to 2010 Census Data, the county’s population was 134,623...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. It is located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad is a regional railroad serving California's North Coast. The railroad currently runs on 62 miles of the 462 mile main line, stretching from Schellville, California to Eureka, California...
7 miles (11 km) east of Weott
Weott, California
Weott is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located 375 km north of San Francisco, California and 40 km due west of the Pacific Ocean. Lower Weott is situated at an elevation of 100m along the Avenue of the Giants and in the flood plain of the South Fork of...
, at an elevation of 180 feet (54.9 m).
A post office operated at Whitlow from 1927 to 1965. The name honors Albert Whitlow, its first postmaster.