| 词条 | Capetown, California |
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|official_name = Capetown |pushpin_map = California |pushpin_map_caption = Location in California |coordinates = {{coord|40|28|00|N|124|22|05|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}} }}Capetown (formerly, Gas Jet and False Cape[1]) is a locality[1] in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the Bear River {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} northeast of Cape Mendocino,[1] at an elevation of {{convert|49|ft|m}}.[2] The Gas Jet post office operated from 1868 to 1876.[1] The name referred to escaping gas from an oil well.[1] The False Cape post office opened in 1870, changed the name to Capetown in 1879, and closed for good in 1937.[1] Capetown is the westernmost settlement in the state of California.{{cn|date=May 2015}} ClimateThis region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above {{convert|71.6|F|C}}. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Capetown has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[3] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book |last= Durham |first= David L. |title= California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State |year= 1998 |publisher= Quill Driver Books |isbn= 978-1-884995-14-9 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Yfa0hmE7yocC |page= 34}} {{HumboldtCountyCA-geo-stub}}2. ^{{GNIS|1658215|Capetown}} 3. ^Climate Summary for Capetown, California 2 : Former settlements in Humboldt County, California|Populated coastal places in California |
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