Pieta, California
Pieta is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.[1] It is located near the mouth of Pieta Creek 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Hopland,[2] at an elevation of 476 feet (145 m).[1]
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 1912 postcard of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad station at Pieta | |
  Pieta Location in California  Pieta Pieta (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°55′36″N 123°03′19″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Mendocino County |
| Elevation | 476 ft (145 m) |
A post office operated at Pieta from 1891 to 1897.[2] The name honors a local Native American chief.[2]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pieta, California
- Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 122. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
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