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Tsurau

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท CALIFORNIA

A historical populated place in Humboldt County, California, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Tsurau
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
California
County
Humboldt County
USGS Map
Trinidad
Coordinates
41.0595688, -124.1431246
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GNIS Feature ID
1702470

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Was located at Trinidad

GNIS historical note

Yurok settlement

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1702470. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Text Hoover, Mildred B., et al. Historic Spots in California Hoover, Mildred B., et al. Historic Spots in California. 3rd edition. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1966.
  • Text Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Bulletin 30 - Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, part 1 published in 1907, part 2 published in 1910. Use either code US-T142/B30/PT1/1907/p# or US-T142/B30/PT2/1910/p#.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.