Scotia
Scotia, formerly known as Forestville until 1888, is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. It is located on the Eel River along U.S. Route 101, 8.5 miles southeast of Fortuna and 244 miles north of San Francisco.- Type: Village with 681 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States
- Also known as: “Forestville”, “Scotia, CA”, “Scotia, California”, and “اسکوشیا، کالیفرنیا”
- Postal code: 95565
Places of Interest
Highlights: Scotia Bluffs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rio Dell and Stafford.
Rio Dell
Village
Stafford
Hamlet
Stafford is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States. Stafford is situated 3½ miles southeast of Scotia.
Scotia
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Humboldt County, North Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.4845° or 40° 29′ 4″ north
Longitude
-124.1016° or 124° 6′ 6″ west
Population
681
Elevation
194 feet (59 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US SIA
Open location code
84GQFVMX+Q9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Volapük—“Scotia” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Scotia”
- Catalan: “Scotia”
- Cebuano: “Scotia”
- Chechen: “Скоша”
- Chinese: “斯科舍”
- Chinese: “斯科蒂亞”
- Croatian: “Scotia”
- Dutch: “Scotia”
- French: “Scotia”
- German: “Scotia”
- Gilaki: “اسکؤشيا”
- Irish: “Scotia”
- Italian: “Scotia”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Scotia”
- Ladin: “Scotia”
- Malagasy: “Scotia, Kalifornia”
- Malagasy: “Scotia”
- Persian: “اسکوشیا”
- Polish: “Scotia”
- Serbian: “Скоша”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Scotia, California”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Scotia”
- South Azerbaijani: “اسکوشیا، کالیفورنیا”
- Spanish: “Scotia”
- Swedish: “Scotia, Kalifornien”
- Swedish: “Scotia”
- Tatar: “Скоша”
- Turkish: “Scotia”
- Ukrainian: “Скоша”
- Volapük: “Scotia”
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