Piercy,_California

Piercy, California

Piercy, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Piercy is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.[1] It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River, 9 miles (14 km) north-northwest of Leggett,[3] at an elevation of 794 feet (242 m).[1]

Quick Facts Country, State ...

The first post office at Piercy opened in 1920.[3] The name honors Sam Piercy, who settled there around 1900.[3]

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Piercy has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated Csb on climate maps.[4]

Notable events

The town hosted the Jerry Garcia Band a number of times throughout the late 1980s to 1990, captured in the 2019 six-CD release titled Electric on the Eel.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piercy, California
  2. [2]
    "Piercy ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  3. [3]
    Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 122. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  4. [4]
    Climate Summary for Piercy, California
  5. [5]
    Doyle, Patrick (January 31, 2019). "Jerry Garcia Band's Legendary Eel River Shows to Be Released in Box Set". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 13, 2021.


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