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Samoa

Samoa is a census-designated place in , . It is located 1.5 miles northwest of , at an elevation of 23 feet. Samoa is located in the northern peninsula of and is the site of the Samoa Cookhouse, one of the last remaining original lumber camp–style .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 258 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Humboldt County, California
  • Also known as: “Brownsville”, “Samoa, CA”, “Samoa, California”, and “Worthville”
  • Postal code: 95564

Places of Interest

Highlights include Indian Island and Carson Mansion.

Island
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Tuluwat Island is located on Humboldt Bay within the city of . The 1860 massacre of the Wiyot people was perpetrated in the village of Tolowot or Tuluwat on this island.

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The is a large Victorian house, constructed from 1884 to 1886 and located in Old Town, , . Regarded as one of the premier examples of Queen Anne style architecture in the United States, the house is "considered the most grand… is situated 1½ miles southeast of Samoa.

Museum
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The in contains the area's premier collection of California North Coast regional and cultural history. The facility houses a Native American wing, Nealis Hall, which features an internationally recognized collection…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eureka and Fairhaven.

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is a city in , . With a population of slightly over 25,000, it is the largest coastal city on the West Coast of the United States north of and south of and the center of the .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place adjacent to in , , United States. It is located 2.25 miles west-southwest of downtown , at an elevation of 10 feet above sea level. is situated 2½ miles south of Samoa.

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place located adjacent to in , . It is located 3.25 miles north of downtown , at an elevation of 13 feet. The ZIP Code is 95521. The population was 798 at the 2020 census. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Samoa.

Samoa

Latitude
40.81873° or 40° 49′ 7″ north
Longitude
-124.18646° or 124° 11′ 11″ west
Population
258
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US IOR
Open location code
84GQRR97+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 141033902
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5570797
Wiki­data ID
Q5551490
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Samoa” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Samoa”
  • Chechen: “Самоа”
  • Chinese: “薩摩亞”
  • Croatian: “Samoa”
  • French: “Samoa”
  • German: “Samoa”
  • Gilaki: “ساموا”
  • Irish: “Samoa”
  • Italian: “Samoa”
  • Ladin: “Samoa”
  • Persian: “ساموئا، کالیفرینا”
  • Persian: “ساموئا”
  • Polish: “Samoa”
  • Serbian: “Самоа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Samoa, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Samoa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ساموئا، کالیفرینا”
  • Spanish: “Samoa”
  • Tatar: “Самоа”
  • Turkish: “Samoa”
  • Ukrainian: “Самоа”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Samoa County Park and Redwood Empire BMX.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Samoa”. Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.