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Peanut, California

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Trinity

GNIS feature ID
  
264592

Local time
  
Saturday 4:48 AM

State
  
California

Time zone
  
Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)

Elevation
  
786 m

Area code
  
530

Peanut, California

Weather
  
3°C, Wind SW at 2 km/h, 100% Humidity

Peanut is an unincorporated community in Trinity County, California. It is located on Highway 3, south of Hayfork and north of Highway 36 at an elevation of 2,499 feet (762 m).

Contents

Map of Peanut, CA 96041, USA

History

A post office called Peanut was established in 1900, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1933. The first postmaster's fondness of peanuts caused the name to be selected.

References

Peanut, California Wikipedia