Kenny, California

Kenny is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California,[1] at the headwaters of Usal Creek. It is located 6.5 miles (10 km) southwest of Piercy,[2] at an elevation of 1601 feet (488 m).[1]

Kenny
Kenny
Location in California
Kenny
Kenny (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°55′19″N 123°53′55″W
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMendocino County
Elevation1,601 ft (488 m)

A post office operated at Kenny from 1888 to 1903 and from 1907 to 1924.[2]

Kenny is a totally unoccupied ghost town accessible only by a remote, mountainous dirt road. There are no buildings or anything recognizable left there any more as of the 1980s.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kenny, California
  2. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 87. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.



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