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Unincorporated community in California, United States
40°25′50″N
123°58′11″W
/
40.43056°N 123.96972°W
/
40.43056; -123.96972
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Shively
(formerly
Shiveley
,
[1]
Bluff Prairie
,
[2]
and
Paradise
[2]
) is an
unincorporated community
in
Humboldt County
,
California
.
[1]
It is located 2.25 miles (3.6 km) north-northwest of
Redcrest
,
[2]
at an elevation of 144 feet (44 m), on the right bank of the
Eel River
.
[1]
A post office operated at Shively from 1906 to 1965.
[2]
Like neighboring
Pepperwood
, Shively was once a center for farm produce including corn, cucumbers, and tomatoes.
[3]
Also like Pepperwood, it was mostly destroyed in the
Christmas flood of 1964
.
[4]
A few farms and residences remain today.
See also
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References
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- ^
a
b
c
d
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shively, California
- ^
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. 142.
ISBN
1-884995-14-4
.
- ^
Genzoli, Andrew (September 10, 1968).
"Pepperwood-Shively Produce"
.
The Times Standard
. Eureka, CA
. Retrieved
January 8,
2024
.
- ^
"Single residence left at Shively; 68 now homeless"
.
Eureka Humboldt Standard
. Eureka, CA. December 28, 1964
. Retrieved
January 8,
2024
.