Port Kenyon, California

40°35′42″N 124°16′47″W

Port Kenyon
Unincorporated community
1876 hypothetical plat map showing relative wharf location
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Coordinates: 40°35′42″N 124°16′47″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Humboldt County
Elevation [1]	13 ft (4 m)

Port Kenyon is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.^[1] It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Ferndale,^[2] at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m).^[1]

A post office operated at Port Kenyon from 1886 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1913.^[2] The town was founded by John Gardner Kenyon in 1876.^[2] The town was initially a major point of shipping for locally-raised dairy products; it also had a fish cannery.^[3] After silting of the Salt River and repeated flooding, the port declined in the 1890s.^[2]

See also

• Salt River (California)