Elk, Mendocino County, California

It is located south of Fort Bragg, at an elevation of 135 feet (41 m). Elk has a population of 208. It is located on the coast at the crossroads of State Route 1 and Philo-Greenwood Road. Albion, Little River, and Mendocino lie to the north, and Manchester and Point Arena to the south. Inland are Navarro, Philo, and Boonville. == History ==

Elk was originally called "Greenwood," after the Greenwood brothers, A new sawmill was built and another followed in 1963. These operated until the late 1960s, when the redwood and Douglas fir was mostly logged out (which means that the ancient trees big enough to be thought of as more valuable dead than alive had been killed). After some quiet times, the town has had a rebirth as a recreation destination, particularly as a result of the pandemic, with people wanting to get out of the urban areas. Despite its small size, the town has some art galleries and fine-dining restaurants, one of which was a 2025 James Beard Foundation Award finalist. A couple of the larger old houses are now bed and breakfast inns, and the state has acquired Greenwood State Beach and the original mill site as a state park. The ZIP Code is 95432. The community is inside area code 707. Elk Logging Railway locomotives ==Government==

In the California State Legislature, Elk is in , and in . In the United States House of Representatives, Elk is in . ==References==