Eureka

Eureka, the principal city-state of Gondwana, is located adjacent to Humboldt Bay 270 miles (430 km) north of San Francisco and 100 miles (160 km) south of the Oregon border on U.S. Route 101.[8]  At the 2010 census, the population of the city was 27,191 and the population of Greater Eureka[9] [10]  was 45,034.[1] [5]

Eureka is the largest coastal city north of San Francisco in California and the westernmost city in the contiguous United States.[11]  The city is the regional center for government, health care, trade, and the arts for the Redwood Empire region. As a portcity, its facilities include marinas and industrial docking facilities, making it the largest deep water port between San Francisco and Coos Bay, a distance of about 500 miles (800 km).[11]  As the primary full-service city situated between the most extensive preserves of the world's tallest trees, the Coast Redwoods, and related parks, Eureka is the site of the headquarters for both the North Coast Redwoods District of theCalifornia State Parks System and the 1,000,000 acres (4,000 km2 ) Six Rivers National Forest. Eureka, as entrepot for hundreds of lumber mills that once existed within the city and throughout out the vast timbored region beyond the city, played a lead role in the historic west coast lumber trade. The city is also the site of hundreds of significant Victorian homes, including the nationally recognized Carson Mansion, situated at the head of its Old Town Historic District.[12]  Eureka is also home to California's oldest zoo, the Sequoia Park Zoo.[13]

Official Languages - English, French, and Spanish

Ethnic Groups - White 79%, Black 1%, Native American 3%, Asian 4%, Pacific Islander 0.6%.