Samoa | |
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Coordinates: 40°49′07″N 124°11′11″W / 40.81861°N 124.18639°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Humboldt County |
Area | |
• Total | 0.837 sq mi (2.167 km2) |
• Land | 0.837 sq mi (2.167 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
Elevation | 23 ft (7 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 229 |
• Density | 270/sq mi (110/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP code[4] | 95564 |
Area code | 707 |
GNIS feature IDs | 1656274; 2628788 |
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Samoa, California; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Samoa, California |
Samoa (formerly Brownsville) is a census-designated place[5] in Humboldt County, California.[2] It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Eureka,[6] at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m).[2] Samoa is located in the northern peninsula of Humboldt Bay and is the site of the Samoa Cookhouse, one of the last remaining original, lumber-camp style cookhouses. The name Samoa is used interchangeably with the peninsula it occupies. The population was 258 at the 2010 census.