Philo’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Philo. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPhilo is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Boonville, at an elevation of 331 feet (101 m). The population was 319 at the 2020 census. 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, 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. The ZIP Code is 95466. The community is inside area code 707. Two versions of how Phi…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 349 to 319 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Philo 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Philo’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Philo’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewNursery tag for purchase of Pinot…, 1971: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Philo
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Philo, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Philo is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Philo has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Con Creek School in Boonville, 4 miles away.
Philo and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Nursery tag for purchase of Pinot Noir cuttings planted at Husch Vineyards 1971 (1971) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.