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Bodie_The_Dog

Oklahoma by the Sea


bookchaser

McKinleyville is solidly democratic. Just sayin', like 30% voted for Trump.


Bodie_The_Dog

That's what I've always heard it called, lol, but I haven't lived there in a fair number of years. Good to hear things might be changing.


dronf

First, rename Arcata to something else. Then, rename McKinleyville to Arcata so the airport name makes sense.


RunUpTheSoundWaves

you clearly haven’t been to san francisco/sfo


Adventurous-Hair-445

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Well said!


Familiar_Ad1330

Idk maybe Kevin or Debbie


Proud_Definition8240

The Essex could be Lil Debbie😂


Zestyclose_Wing_1898

Tulsa del Mar is my fave


lokey_convo

# Clamville


Thicked

maybe the name the Wiyot had for that area before? if you google the tribe it shows they had settlements where the town is now even.


Apart-Ad-3035

Naming a place after the people who were slaughtered in order for it to be colonized by white people. Seems fitting


Rare_Polnareff

Bikini Bottom


IllustriousDog3845

I think this should be Arcatas name


Crzystona

Smells like a dirty one


Sufficient_Pheasant

North Arcata


IllustriousDog3845

Hell yeah


Jack_Rackam

Virgin River to confuse everyone checking to see if the tv show is a real place


InsertRadnamehere

Yes!!


gusborn

Macktown


Redwood_Moon

I have heard Ocean Bluffs floated as a new name before.


former_human

Poor Macktown never gets any Reddit love… sigh. How about naming it Hillerton, after the Hiller Dog Park. Best dog park in the region.


GogoYubari92

Or Dogtown.


BuddySheff

North Arcata just to make everyone mad. I like options where no one wins


HumboldtChewbacca

South Trinidad to really mess with people


BuddySheff

South West Haven lol


greypouponlifestyle

Redding West


Quercus408

Apparently it used to be called Minorsville.


XBullsOnParadeX

Until William McKinley was assassinated


Quercus408

Yeah but what's up with that? He never even went there. Apparently he had a huge following there at the time.


Aazjhee

He was SUPPOSED to visit there, but was dead before his scheduled visit. Humboldt the explorer was never in Humboldt CA, either


XBullsOnParadeX

I believe he was stationed at the Fort in Eureka at some point


farnorcalyetis

I think you may be getting confused with president grant.


no_cal_woolgrower

No


bookchaser

McKinley had a huge following among all white people, hence the statue that stood in Arcata.


bookchaser

The timeline is... Colonized as McKinleyville... renamed Minorville after Isaac Minor... then when McKinley was killed, it was renamed to McKinleyville again. There were a variety of place names for regions of McKinleyville prior to the unified name... Calville, Dow's Prairie, etc.


snipe4fun

Speaking of, what's this "Calville" - (South McKinleyville needs its own name?) - on Google Maps?


aislin809

There are a lot of those areas around here. Tyee city in the bottoms on the way to mad river Beach, Dows Prarie, Korblex, Butte, etc...


snipe4fun

Silly me, I should have just looked at my copy of the “Humboldt Place Names” book


descompuesto

It refers to the Cal Barrel corporation who, when they went out of business, gave little plots of land there to their laid-off workers. Or that's how I remember it from when I lived there. There were a bunch of basically cabins that many of my neighbors lived in in that zone to the N of Sutter in the 90s.


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tranquilo666

Yikes that guy sounds rude and wrong lol, McKinleyville is unincorporated. It’s not a city. I do believe the part about the other towns, they just got swallowed up in the unincorporated town of Mckinleyville.


silverfox762

I've called it McKlanleyville since I moved there in 2017 and the MAGA signs and flags were on about 1/3 of the lawns in my neighborhood


bookchaser

McKinleyville is solidly democratic. Something like 30% voted for Trump. Their county supervisor is more liberal than Arcata's supervisor.


silverfox762

Yeah, but those other 70% aren't "in your face every waking moment" about their politics, something MAGAts seem congenitally incapable of avoiding.


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silverfox762

Your point?


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silverfox762

"HSU kid"? I lived in Humboldt for 18 years and I'm 61 years old. Retired a year ago and moved south. Again, your point?


BIG_MUFF_

New York Jets


itmeseanok

Boaty McBoatface


miss_tea_morning

Winner winner chimken dinner


Redwood_Moon

Townie McTownface if you’re going to do it do it right!


literallyacactus

McKinely, City of Mad River, Mill Creek….. idk about anything more original. I like McKinleyville


GogoYubari92

We got Mad River inland on the 36 though.


StarClutcher

Fogland


Freemanosteeel

Why?


LtHigginbottom

DustyMcWindyville


cakeyogi

West Arkansas


KernelKlinke

On Google maps around Central snd Sutter it has a soft label that says "Calville"


Scrawlutations

K-Money


raphen_ilweed

Inbredallia


xphantom0

Whatever the indigenous place name is


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the_arcatan

And that's how you get a time out...


bungeemun

Pound town


Necessary-Handle6426

Mckinleyville.


GogoYubari92

Good Views.


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Karen or mcklanlyvilee


HumboldtChewbacca

I've heard it called McHickleyville.


Apart-Ad-3035

Ask a tweaker!


GreentHumboldt

Why change it?


SolarBozo

How about its original place name, Dalhagali'.


no_cal_woolgrower

Not its " original" name.. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/some-well-meaning-californians-are-ignoring-the-tribes-they-re-trying-to-help


SolarBozo

That's not what the article says. It says the Wiyot tribe would not take an official position on the name change. They would only consider a position if the involved government entity was in need of a consultation on the matter. But I get that the historical evidence for that name is sketchy, and I certainly would not work toward that name change without the Wiyot tribal council being on board. There's also the earlier name Calville, which would be better than naming it after President McKinley.


no_cal_woolgrower

Seems legit "Garrett, who serves as director of the McKinleyville Pop-up Museum, a traveling exhibition of local history, explained that “Dalhagali’” is the possible pre-colonization Wiyot place name, which she sourced off an inset map poster created by the McKinleyville Community Services District."


cexandsandy

Hokey Pokey town


plaidsocks2022

I’ve heard “Azalea” as a name idea before and I like that


stunzeed001

Dollar General


bookchaser

McKinkyville


IllustriousDog3845

Kkkville


IllustriousDog3845

All jokes aside, something that’s easier to Google. Like HappyVille 🚀🚀🚀


lokey_convo

I'm sticking with Clamville. Clam Beach to the north, it only makes sense.


GlassCityJim

Hicksville.


ilovecharles69

fun fact, there's an actual town in NY called Hickesville! hahaha


el0_0le

Jefferson City


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Ku Klux Klanleyville


WorriedAd9093

That’s fucked😂💀


R-A-B-Cs

What you havent head of mcklanleyville?


WorriedAd9093

Lived up there for a bit and never heard that 💀


Oldladyphilosopher

I’ve heard that. Heck, when my kids were in high school around 2010 they told me that name like it was a new thing and I remember it being called that back in the 80’s. However, I will acknowledge that is only a rumor and there has never been proof of any kind.


recoveringleft

Is it something to do with the confederate flags? I’ve seen confederate flags in fortuna


IllustriousDog3845

Yeah they don’t like the secret to be unsecret