Capetown | |
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  Capetown Location in California  Capetown Capetown (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°28′00″N 124°22′05″W / 40.46667°N 124.36806°W |
Capetown (formerly, Gas Jet and False Cape[1]) is a locality[1] in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the Bear River 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Cape Mendocino,[1] at an elevation of 49 feet (15 m).[2]
The Gas Jet post office operated from 1868 to 1876.[1] The name referred to escaping gas from an oil well.[1] The False Cape post office opened in 1870, changed the name to Capetown in 1879, and closed permanently in 1937.[1]
Capetown is the westernmost settlement in the state of California.[citation needed]
Climate[edit]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Capetown has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-884995-14-9.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capetown
- ^ Climate Summary for Capetown, California