Eureka, California

Eureka is a city on the North Coast of California and the county seat of Humboldt County. It stands on U.S. Route 101 on the shores of Humboldt Bay, 270 miles (435 km) north of San Francisco and 100 miles (161 km) south of the Oregon border. At the 2020 census the city had 26,512 residents, and the greater Eureka area had 48,119. It is the largest coastal city between San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, and the westernmost city of more than 25,000 residents in the 48 contiguous states. Greater Eureka is one of California's major commercial fishing ports and holds the largest deep-water port between San Francisco and Coos Bay. The city played a leading role in the historic West Coast lumber trade, and its whole area is a state historic landmark with hundreds of Victorian homes, including the Carson Mansion, and a nationally recognized Old Town Historic District. It is also the home of California's oldest zoo, the Sequoia Park Zoo.