Fairhaven, California

40°47′06″N 124°12′10″W

Fairhaven, California
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 40°47′06″N 124°12′10″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Humboldt County
Elevation [1]	10 ft (3 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	165
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	95564[3]
Area code	707
FIPS code	06-23196
GNIS feature ID	2628729

Fairhaven (formerly Rolph) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) adjacent to Humboldt Bay in Humboldt County, California, United States. It is located 2.25 miles (3.6 km) west-southwest of downtown Eureka,[4] at an elevation of 10 feet (3.0 m) above sea level.[1]

In 1867, Hans Ditlev Bendixsen opened a ship building yard in Fairhaven. Bendixsen built many vessels for the lumber trade.[5] Bendixsen constructed 92 sailing vessels between 1869 and 1901, including 35 three-masters. These included the C.A. Thayer which is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.[6]

The Rolph post office operated from 1918 to 1921. That name was for Governor James Rolph of California. The name "Fairhaven" was taken from Fair Haven, a neighborhood in New Haven, Connecticut.[4]

Simpson historically operated plywood and pulp operations in Fairhaven.[7] Green Diamond, spun off from Simpson, continues to operate a wood chip export facility in Fairhaven.[8]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
U.S. Decennial Census[9]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairhaven, California
2. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
3. "Fairhaven CA ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
4. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 58. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
5. Turner, Dennis W. & Gloria H. (2010). Place Names of Humboldt County, California: A Compendium 1542-2009. Oangeval, CA: Dennis W. & Gloria H. Turner. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-9629617-2-4.
6. Leigh H. Irvine, History of Humboldt County California (Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1915) [1]
7. https://www.apawood.org/data/Sites/1/documents/monographs/22-simpson-timber-co.pdf
8. http://humboldtbayproject.net/humboldt-bay-project-natural-resources.html
9. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2016.