Eureka

Eureka 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 .
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  • Type: City with 26,500 residents
  • Description: city in and county seat of Humboldt County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Eureka (California)”, “Eureka (Kalifornia)”, “Eureka, CA”, “Eureka, California”, “Murray Field”, “Еурека”, “ユーリカ”, and “ユリーカ”
  • Postal codes: 95501-95503

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carson Mansion and Clarke Historical Museum.

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

Museum
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The in Eureka, California 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…

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Myrtletown and Bayview.

Village
is a census-designated place in , United States. lies at an elevation of 112 feet. is a part of the Eureka, California metropolitan area.

Village
is a census-designated place located adjacent to the City of Eureka, California, United States. Its population is 2,619 as of the 2020 census, up from 2,510 from the 2010 census. Many locals consider this area as part of "Pine Hill."…

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place in , United States. It is located 1.5 miles northwest of Eureka, at an elevation of 23 feet.

Eureka

Latitude
40.8019° or 40° 48′ 7″ north
Longitude
-124.1708° or 124° 10′ 15″ west
Population
26,500
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
IATA airport code
EKA
United Nations Location Code
US EKA
Open location code
84GQRR2H+PM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 141034768
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5563397
Wiki­data ID
Q488702
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Eureka” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Eureka, Kalifornië”
  • Afrikaans: “Eureka”
  • Albanian: “Eureka, California”
  • Albanian: “Eureka”
  • Arabic: “إوريكا”
  • Arabic: “يوريكا”
  • Armenian: “Յուրիկա”
  • Basque: “Eureka”
  • Belarusian: “Юрыка”
  • Bengali: “ইউরেকা”
  • Bulgarian: “Юрика”
  • Catalan: “Eureka”
  • Cebuano: “Eureka (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, California)”
  • Cebuano: “Eureka”
  • Chechen: “Юрика”
  • Chinese: “尤里卡”
  • Cornish: “Eureka, Kaliforni”
  • Cornish: “Eureka”
  • Croatian: “Eureka”
  • Czech: “Eureka”
  • Dagbani: “Eureka”
  • Danish: “Eureka”
  • Dutch: “Eureka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يوريكا”
  • Esperanto: “Eureka”
  • Finnish: “Eureka”
  • French: “Eureka”
  • Galician: “Eureka, Estados Unidos”
  • Galician: “Eureka”
  • German: “Eureka”
  • Gilaki: “یۊريکا”
  • Greek: “Γιουρίκα”
  • Gujarati: “યુરેકા”
  • Haitian: “Eureka, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “Eureka”
  • Hebrew: “יוריקה”
  • Hindi: “यूरेका”
  • Hungarian: “Eureka”
  • Ido: “Eureka, Kalifornia”
  • Ido: “Eureka”
  • Indonesian: “Eureka, California”
  • Indonesian: “Eureka”
  • Irish: “Eureka”
  • Italian: “Eureka”
  • Japanese: “ユーレカ”
  • Kannada: “ಯುರೇಕ”
  • Korean: “유리카”
  • Ladin: “Eureka”
  • Latvian: “Eureka”
  • Lithuanian: “Eureka”
  • Luxembourgish: “Eureka”
  • Malagasy: “Eureka, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Eureka”
  • Malay: “Eureka”
  • Malayalam: “യുറേക്ക,കാലിഫോർണിയ”
  • Marathi: “युरेका”
  • Mazanderani: “اورکا (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “اورکا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Eureka”
  • Newari: “युरेका, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “युरेका”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eureka”
  • Norwegian: “Eureka”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Eureka”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hurechyð”
  • Pampanga: “Eureka, California”
  • Pampanga: “Eureka”
  • Persian: “اورکا، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “اورکا”
  • Polish: “Eureka”
  • Portuguese: “Eureka”
  • Romanian: “Eureka, California”
  • Romanian: “Eureka”
  • Russian: “Эврика”
  • Russian: “Юрика”
  • Scots: “Eureka”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eureka”
  • Serbian: “Jurika”
  • Serbian: “Јурика”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Eureka, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Eureka”
  • Silesian: “Eureka”
  • Sinhala: “යුරේකා”
  • Slovak: “Eureka”
  • Slovenian: “Eureka”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اورکا، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Eureka”
  • Swedish: “Eureka, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “Eureka”
  • Tagalog: “Eureka, California”
  • Tagalog: “Eureka”
  • Tamil: “யுரேகா”
  • Tatar: “Юрика”
  • Telugu: “యురేకా”
  • Thai: “ยูเรก้า”
  • Turkish: “Eureka, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Eureka”
  • Ukrainian: “Еуріка”
  • Ukrainian: “Юрика”
  • Urdu: “یوریکا، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Urdu: “یوریکا”
  • Uzbek: “Eureka”
  • Vietnamese: “Eureka, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Eureka”
  • Volapük: “Eureka”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Eureka, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Eureka”

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