Garberville

Garberville
census-designated place
Downtown Garberville has a retail district.
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Location of Garberville in Humboldt County, California.
Garberville Location in California
Coordinates: 40°6′N 123°48′W / 40.100°N 123.800°W / 40.100; -123.800Coordinates: 40°6′N 123°48′W / 40.100°N 123.800°W / 40.100; -123.800
Country	United States
State	California
County	Humboldt County
Area
• Total	2.762 sq mi (7.154 km2)
• Land	2.705 sq mi (7.006 km2)
• Water	0.057 sq mi (0.148 km2)  2.1%
Elevation	535 ft (163 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	913
• Density	330/sq mi (130/km2)
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP Code	95542
Area code(s)	707
GNIS feature IDs	224036; 2611433
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Garberville, California; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Garberville, California

Garberville is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River 52 miles (84 km) south-southeast of Eureka, at an elevation of 535 feet (163 m). The population was 913 at the 2010 United States Census. It is approximately 200 miles (320 km) north of San Francisco, California, and within a fifteen-minute drive to Humboldt Redwoods State Park and a sixty-minute drive to Eureka, the county seat. Garberville is the primary town in the area known as the Mateel Region, consisting of parts of the Mattole and Eel River watersheds in southern Humboldt and northern Mendocino counties.

Prior to recorded history the area was populated by southern Sinkyone people.

In 1853 a Spanish explorer, Antone Garcia, settled in the area near Town Gulch, which runs through modern-day Garberville. The first post office in Garberville opened in 1874. Jacob C. Garber the town postmaster later named the town after himself in 1879.

Garberville is located at 40°06′01″N 123°47′42″W / 40.10028°N 123.79500°W / 40.10028; -123.79500. The town is stretched out in a small forested valley bisected by U.S. Route 101, at an elevation of 535 feet (163 m). The nearby King's Peak rises to 4,087 feet (1,246 m).