Poonkiny is a former settlement in Mendocino County, California. [1] It was located 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Covelo. [1]
A post office operated at Poonkiny from 1896 to 1900. [1]
It is named after the word for wormwood in the language of the Yuki tribe. [2]
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