Mendocino Indian Reservation, a former Indian reservation in Mendocino County, one of the early Indian reservations to be established in California by the federal government for the resettlement of California Indians. It was established in the spring of 1856, in the vicinity of modern Noyo. Its area was 25,000 acres (100 km2) and its boundary extended north from what is now Simpson Lane at 39°24′43″N 123°48′30″W / 39.41194°N 123.80833°W to Abalobadiah Creek and east from the Pacific Ocean to a north–south line passing through the summit of Bald Hill.[1]