Mark West, California Explained

Official Name:Mark West, California
Pushpin Map:California
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the state of California
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:California
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sonoma
Timezone:PST
Utc Offset:-8
Timezone Dst:PDT
Utc Offset Dst:-7
Coordinates:38.5094°N -122.7822°W
Elevation M:128
Elevation Ft:420
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:95492
Area Code:707
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:228117

Mark West is an unincorporated community immediately north of Santa Rosa, California in Sonoma County, California, United States. Mark West is located along Mark West Springs Road adjacent to U.S. Highway 101. The community of Mark West is named for Scottish American pioneer William Marcus West.[1]

After the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad was extended to Cloverdale in the 1870s, its trains stopped in Mark West.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.markwest.org/markwesthistory/ Mark West Area Chamber of Commerce: Mark West history
  2. Book: Draper, Prudence and Lloyd . Images of America: Cotati . Arcadia Publishing . 2004 . 0-7385-2873-0.