The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCleone (formerly Kanuck) is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located 3.25 miles (5.2 km) north-northeast of Fort Bragg on California State Highway 1, at an elevation of 79 feet (24 m). It most likely takes its name from Kelio, a division or village of the Pomo people. The population was 622 at the 2020 census. The Kanuck post office opened in 1883, changed its name to Cleone in 1883, and closed in 1908. In 1883, a sawmill was constructed about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of the village of Cleone. Wood products were shipped from a wharf at the place. Railroad cars ran down the hill to the chute by gravity and were returned by horses. The main entran…
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 618 people in 2010, 622 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1973.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cleone yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cleone’s history is told.
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Cleone, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Cleone is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cleone has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Weller House in Fort Bragg, 3.3 miles away.
Cleone and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.