Humboldt County

Meanings

proper noun

One of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Eureka. Named after Humboldt Bay.
This part of Humboldt County along the coast and in the hills [...] was cooler when I was a boy.
1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 60
One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Dakota City. Named after Alexander von Humboldt.
One of 16 counties in Nevada, United States. County seat: Winnemucca. Named after the Humboldt River.

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