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Guenoc, California

Coordinates: 38°47′21″N 122°33′57″W / 38.78917°N 122.56583°W / 38.78917; -122.56583
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Guenoc
Former settlement
Guenoc is located in California
Guenoc
Guenoc
Location in California
Coordinates: 38°47′21″N 122°33′57″W / 38.78917°N 122.56583°W / 38.78917; -122.56583
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyLake County
Elevation968 ft (295 m)

Guenoc is a former settlement in Lake County, California.[1] It was located in the Coyote Valley 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Middletown,[2] at an elevation of 968 feet (295 m).[1]

Guenoc was founded in 1866.[2] Its first store opened in 1866.[2] The Guenoc region was planted with vineyards in the 1880s, where Burgundy varietals were grown. Thoroughbred horses were also raised in the area, where actress Lillie Langtry lived for a time on a still-extant ranch.[3] In 2020, the Guenoc Valley was approved as the site of a large rural mixed-use housing development, the Guenoc Valley Project.[4]

A post office operated at Guenoc from 1867 to 1880.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Guenoc, California
  2. ^ a b c d Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 44. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ Carson, L. Pierce (23 Apr 1983). "Where Lillie Langtry's dream lives on". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, CA. Retrieved 21 Dec 2023.
  4. ^ Stoneberg, David; Duarte, Jesse (22 Jul 2020). "Major Lake County development approved". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, CA. Retrieved 21 Dec 2023.
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