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History · Cleone

Cleone’s post office opened in 1883, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1943 on.

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Quick answers

How Cleone began

When was Cleone founded?

1883

The Cleone post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 622143 years
Founding year: the first Cleone post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Cleone’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cleone are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cleone’s history is told.

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The story so far

Cleone, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cleone yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Cleone (formerly Kanuck) is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located 3.25 miles (5.2 km) north-northeast of Fort Bragg on California State Highway 1, at an elevation of 79 feet (24 m). It most likely takes its name from Kelio, a division or village of the Pomo people. The population was 622 at the 2020 census. The Kanuck post office opened in 1883, changed its name to Cleone in 1883, and closed in 1908. In 1883, a sawmill was constructed about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of the village of Cleone. Wood products were shipped from a wharf at the place. Railroad cars ran down the hill to the chute by gravity and were returned by horses. The main entran…

Its first post office opened in 1883. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 618 in 2010, 622 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Cleone, 1883 to 1943

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Cleone post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1908Post officeThe Cleone post office closes
  5. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Cleone, decade by decade

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Laguna Point Beach panorama2024Laguna Point Beach panoramaAlong coastline north of Fort Bragg, CA2015Along coastline north of Fort Bragg, CACleone2010CleoneCleone Groceries2010Cleone Groceries
On the map

Cleone on the map, 1943 to 1978

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cleone. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Cleone on the 1943 USGS mapCleone on the 1960 USGS mapCleone on the 1978 USGS map1943Fort Bragg sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cleone.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cleone

Nobody well known was born in Cleone itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jim RossAmerican professional wrestling commentator, pr… · b. 1952
Edith CeccarelliAmerican supercentenarian · b. 1908
Eli ErlickAmerican activist and writer · b. 1995
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Zack StentzAmerican screenwriter and film producer · b. 1969
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James CahillAmerican art historian, art collector, and univ… · b. 1926
Gregory E. PyleAmerican politician · b. 1949
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Cleone had its own post office from 1883 to 1908.

Cleone
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Cleone’s history

What year was Cleone founded?

The Cleone post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.