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Humboldt County

Petrolia

Petrolia is an unincorporated community in , , United States, 10 miles, southeast of . The site of the first oil well drilled in California, it lies at an elevation of 121 feet above sea level, within ZIP Code 95558, with an area code 707.
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  • Type: Village with 600 residents
  • Description: unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, US
  • Also known as: “Mattole”, “New Jerusalem”, “Petrolea”, “Petrolia, CA”, and “Petrolia, California”
  • Postal code: 95558

Petrolia

Latitude
40.32492° or 40° 19′ 30″ north
Longitude
-124.28698° or 124° 17′ 13″ west
Population
600
Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US EJI
Open location code
84GQ8PF7+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 141042398
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5569418
Wiki­data ID
Q3474443
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Volapük—“Petrolia” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “佩特羅利亞”
  • Dutch: “Petrolia”
  • French: “Petrolia”
  • Irish: “Petrolia”
  • Japanese: “ペトロリア”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Petròlia (Califòrnia)”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Petròlia”
  • Persian: “پترولیا، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “پترولیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پترولیا، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Petrolia”
  • Turkish: “Petrolia”
  • Volapük: “Petrolia”

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