Alderpoint, California

About Alderpoint

Set in the northwestern part of California, Alderpoint is a small unincorporated community.

Officially, Alderpoint is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.43 square miles.

📰 Alderpoint News Today

• Magnitude 4.0 earthquake shakes Alderpoint, California | What we know ABC10 · Aug 4
• 4.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Alderpoint in Northern California GV Wire · Aug 5
• Humboldt Marijuana Enforcement Team Busts Illegal Alderpoint Grow, Destroys 3,000-Plus Growing Plants and 2,300 Pounds of Weed Lost Coast Outpost · Jul 16
• When the Water Stops: One Rural Community’s Crisis and the National Problem Behind It Redheaded Blackbelt · Mar 25
• Overturned Murder Conviction Retrial Approaches; Jake Combs Jury Trial Set for April Lost Coast Outpost · Apr 14

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Alderpoint Unique

• The only place in America named Alderpoint — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northwestern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

🏫 Schools in Alderpoint

• Casterlin Elementary
• Casterlin High
• Hoaglin-Zenia Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🗺️ Map of Alderpoint

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