Little River, California
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Economy
Little River is home to several boutique inns and bed & breakfasts, making it a popular tourist stop along the Pacific Coast. The Little River area has two state parks, much ocean access and diverse recreational opportunities including ocean kayaking, hiking, and canoeing.[5] Little River Airport with its mile-long runway is Script error: No such module "convert". east of town.
The ZIP Code is 95456. The community is inside area code 707.
History
Little River was first settled by three Beall men (pronounced Bell). They are thought to have arrived between 1852 and 1856 and are listed on the 1860 Mendocino County census, Big River township: Lloyd (56 years, a farmer born in Tennessee), Samuel (26 years, a farmer born in Missouri), and Harvey (24 years, a stock man born in Missouri). The Bealls joined the Moore Brothers who had preempted land and erected dwellings a short distance from the ocean north of the bay. Shortly after, in 1856, W.H. Kent purchased the Beall tract. The place was known as "Beall's Harbor" and "Kent's Landing" until 1864, when the name was changed to "Littleriver Bay". Ruel Stickney, Silas Coombs, and Tapping Reeves built a mill here, which provided the stimulus for the formation of the town of Little River. The town grew with the success of the mill so that eventually a schoolhouse, post house, shipyard, hotels, stores and blacksmith shops all established themselves here.[6]
Little River prospered in a similar way to many other towns on the Mendocino Coast until the nearby inland timber stands faltered. In the case of Little River, the mill closed in 1893. The loss of the mill shrunk the town, and since that time it has served mainly as a tourist destination due to its beaches and Van Damme State Park, which the Little River runs through. The first road that ran through this area was the Anderson Valley and Big River Wagon Road.[7] This road was likely widened and altered over the years until it was eventually added to the State Highway System.
The Little River post office opened in 1865, changed its name to Littleriver in 1894, closed in 1929, and re-opened as Little River in 1930.[1]
Geography
Little River is located on the western coast of Mendocino County (and the United States) along California State Route 1, Script error: No such module "convert". south of Mendocino and Script error: No such module "convert". north of Albion. The Little River passes through the northern part of the community, emptying into the Pacific Ocean at Van Damme Beach, part of Van Damme State Park, which extends east from the beach up the Little River valley, known as Fern Canyon.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Little River CDP covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., all of it land.[8]
Demographics
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The 2020 United States census reported that Little River had a population of 94. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of Little River was 79 (84%) White, 5 (5%) African American, 0 (0%) Native American, 3 (3%) Asian, 0 (0%) Pacific Islander, 2 (2%) from other races, and 5 (5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6 persons (6%).[10]
There were 44 households, out of which 25 (57%) were families and 17 (39%) were one person living alone.[11] The median age was 67.3Script error: No such module "String".years. There were 39 males and 55 females.[10]
There were 94 housing units at an average density of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which 44 (47%) were occupied year round and 46 (49%) were used seasonally. Of the housing units that were occupied year round, 34 (77%) were owner-occupied, and 10 (23%) were occupied by renters.[10]
Politics
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Education
Little River is in the Mendocino Unified School District.[15]
In popular culture
The Heritage House Inn, a bed and breakfast between Little River and Albion, was the location for the film Same Time, Next Year (1978), starring Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn. The town itself appears in several scenes of The Dunwich Horror (1970).
See also
References
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