Philo, California


Philo is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located northwest of Boonville, at an elevation of. The population was 319 at the 2020 census.
Philo is located in Anderson Valley in western Mendocino County. Situated along Indian Creek as it flows into the Navarro River, Philo is the home of KZYX, the local public radio station. Two small specialty lumber mills in Philo are all that remain of a once vigorous timber economy in Anderson Valley. Philo is the heart of the Anderson Valley wine region.
The first post office opened in 1888. The ZIP Code is 95466. The community is inside area code 707.
Two versions of how Philo was named are current: first, that its founder Cornelius Prather named it after his favorite female cousin; second, that he named it for his former home at Philo, Illinois.

Geography

Philo is located at geographical coordinates 39° 3′ 57″ North, 123° 26′ 42″ West. California State Route 128 leads southeast to Boonville and northwest to State Route 1 near Navarro Beach on the Pacific Ocean.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of, all of it recorded as land.

Demographics

Philo first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.
The 2020 United States census reported that Philo had a population of 319. The population density was. The racial makeup of Philo was 110 White, 0 African American, 8 Native Americans in [the United States|Native American], 0 Asian, 0 Pacific Islander, 107 from other races, and 94 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 209 persons.
The whole population lived in households. There were 113 households, out of which 43 had children under the age of 18 living in them, 47 were married-couple households, 7 were cohabiting couple households, 16 had a female householder with no partner present, and 43 had a male householder with no partner present. 38 households were one person, and 12 were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.82. There were 66 families.
The age distribution was 68 people under the age of 18, 28 people aged 18 to 24, 92 people aged 25 to 44, 84 people aged 45 to 64, and 47 people who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 39.8years. For every 100 females, there were 151.2 males.
There were 129 housing units at an average density of, of which 113 were occupied. Of these, 53 were owner-occupied, and 60 were occupied by renters.

Education

Students in Philo attend Anderson Valley Elementary School and Anderson Valley Junior-Senior High School. Both are operated by the Anderson Valley Unified School District and are located in Boonville.

Notable residents

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Federally, Philo is in.