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Southport_Landing,_California Latitude and Longitude:

40°41′41″N 124°14′56″W / 40.69472°N 124.24889°W / 40.69472; -124.24889
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Southport Landing (formerly Myer's Landing and Myers Landing [1]) is a locality [1] in Humboldt County, California. It is located 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Fields Landing, [1] at an elevation of 7 feet (2.1 m). [2]

The Landing is at the end of the road where it meets the bay directly above Seth Kinman's blue house in the foreground.

The name "Myers" honors Jacob Myers, a prominent Humboldt Bay citizen in the 1850s. [1] The large white home of the Heneys, a prosperous merchant family, and the home of Seth Kinman remain.

Notable residents

Seth Kinman

References

  1. ^ a b c d Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 148. ISBN  978-1-884995-14-9.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Southport Landing

40°41′41″N 124°14′56″W / 40.69472°N 124.24889°W / 40.69472; -124.24889