Philo, California

Philo
Census-designated place
Vineyards in Philo at Roederer Estate in 2022.
Vineyards in Philo at Roederer Estate in 2022.
Philo is located in California
Philo
Philo
Philo is located in the United States
Philo
Philo
Coordinates: 39°03′57″N 123°26′42″W / 39.06583°N 123.44500°W / 39.06583; -123.44500
Country United States
State California
CountyMendocino
Area
[1]
 • Total2.067 sq mi (5.35 km2)
 • Land2.067 sq mi (5.35 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation
[2]
331 ft (101 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total319
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP Code
95466
Area code707
GNIS feature IDs1659380;[2] 2628777[4]
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Philo is a census-designated place[5] in Mendocino County, California, United States.[2] It is located 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Boonville,[6] at an elevation of 331 feet (101 m).[2] The population was 319 at the 2020 census.[3]

Philo is located in Anderson Valley in western Mendocino County. Situated along Indian Creek as it flows into the Navarro River, Philo is the home of KZYX,[7] the local public radio station. Two small specialty lumber mills in Philo are all that remain of a once vigorous timber economy in Anderson Valley. Philo is the heart of the Anderson Valley wine region.

The first post office opened in 1888.[6] The ZIP Code is 95466. The community is inside area code 707.

Two versions of how Philo was named are current: first, that its founder Cornelius Prather named it after his favorite female cousin; second, that he named it for his former home at Philo, Illinois.[6]

  1. ^ "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files: California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Philo
  3. ^ a b "P1. Race – Philo CDP, California: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Philo Census Designated Place
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Philo, California
  6. ^ a b c 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.
  7. ^ "KZYX - Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, listener support community radio". www.kzyx.org. Retrieved April 23, 2018.