Garberville is a small unincorporated town in southern Humboldt County, California, United States. The population was 2,403 at the 2000 census. It is approximately 200 miles 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. Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Humboldt County is a county located on the northwest coast of the U.S. state of California, on the Pacific Ocean. ... 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Humboldt Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County, northern California, 30 miles (50 km) south of Eureka, California. ... Eureka (or Heureka; Greek ) is a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes, see: Eureka (word). ...

The first settlers arrived in 1853 to what was then named "Dogtown." The town was later self-named by its postmaster at the time, Jacob C. Garber[1]. 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Garberville is the primary town in the area known as Southern Humboldt, comprised of areas stretching from Northen Mendocino county in the south to Weott in the north.

Because to the distance of Garberville and other regional communities from their respective county seats of Eureka and Ukiah, there is a notable lack of mass transportation and other public services. A group of local residents once attempted to qualify a "Sequoia County" initiative to secede from both Humboldt and Mendocino with Garberville as the new county seat, although the campaign ended after they failed to gather enough signatures. Bioregional efforts continue with the recent formation of the Sequoia County Greens^[1] as a local Green Party chapter, which meets regularly in Garberville. Ukiah is the county seat of Mendocino County, California. ... Bioregional democracy (or the Bioregional State) is a set of environment concerns, e. ... The Green Party of California (GPCA) was established as a ballot qualifed political party in California in 1991 using the petition method of gaining state recognition. ...

There was also once an attempt to incorporate Garberville as a city^[2], which was thwarted when county supervisors declined to take the first step with the formation of a Municipal Advisory Committee due to concerns over the associated costs.

Garberville is home to both weekly newspapers in the Southern Humboldt Region, locally-owned The Independent and Redwood Times, run by Media News Group as a sister publication of the daily Times-Standard. The town also boasts the only movie theatre in the area, the Art-Deco-style single screen Garberville Theatre. Garberville's town square hosts a Farmers' Market every Friday in summer and early fall. The Garberville Branch of the Humboldt County Public Library provides the only such service in the Southern Humboldt Region. Media News Group Logo Media News Group is a media congrlomarate focused primarily on newspapers. ... The Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building in New York, built 1928-1930. ... Roadside farmers market in Bridgehampton, New York A farmers market near the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. ...

Garberville has the reputation^[3] as the heart of the marijuana-growing region of the Emerald Triangle and much of the local economy, both commerical and non-profit, is allegedly supported by direct or indirect income from marijuana exports. The perception of decreased emphasis on marijuana-related prosecutions by District Attorney Paul Gallegos, especially in light of the more permissive cultivation and possession guidelines for medical marijuana issued by his office and later codified by county supervisors, is perceived by some to have led to the lopsided results in his favor from Garberville-area voters in his hotly contested June 2006 re-election victory^[4]. Similar results have been witnessed in the results for other left-leaning candidates in recent elections, leading to the general perception of Garberville and Southern Humboldt as politically progressive. The Emerald Triangle is a collection of three counties in Northern California, consisting of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Trinity. ... Cannabis sativa extract. ... Progressivism is a term that refers to a broad school of contemporary international social and political philosophies. ...

Geography

Garberville is located at 40°06′01″N, 123°47′38″W. Its climate is characterized by cold, rainy winters and hot, dry summers. The town is streched out in a small forested valley along Highway 101, at an elevation of 479 feet, although the nearby King's Peak rises to 4,087 feet. U.S. Highway 101, or U.S. Route 101 (U.S. 101), is a north-south highway that is aligned along the Pacific West Coast of the United States. ...

References

• "Sequoia County Greens to meet on Friday" by Eric Kirk, SoHum Parlance (blog)
• "Garberville circa 2002: A visit to that town down south" by George Ringwald, North Coast Journal
• "Life In A Pot-Growing County" by Mr. Greg, 3AM Magazine
• "Second District divided?" by James Faulk, Times-Standard

External links

• Garberville-Redway Area Chamber of Commerce
• The Independent (primarily Southern Humboldt coverage)
• Redwood Times (primarily Southern Humboldt coverage)
• Photographs of the Garberville area