Philo, California
Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Philo is a census-designated place<ref>Template:Gnis</ref> in Mendocino County, California, United States.<ref name=gnis /> It is located Template:Convert northwest of Boonville,<ref name=CGN>Template:California's Geographic Names</ref> at an elevation of Template:Convert.<ref name=gnis /> The population was 319 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020"/>
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,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name=CGN /> 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.<ref name=CGN />
Geography
Philo is located at geographical coordinates 39° 3′ 57″ North, 123° 26′ 42″ West. California State Route 128 leads southeast (up the valley) Template:Convert to Boonville and northwest (downriver) Template:Convert to State Route 1 near Navarro Beach on the Pacific Ocean.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of Template:Convert, all of it recorded as land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/>
Demographics
Philo first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.<ref name=2010CensusCA/>
The 2020 United States census reported that Philo had a population of 319. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Philo was 110 (34.5%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 8 (2.5%) Native American, 0 (0.0%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 107 (33.5%) from other races, and 94 (29.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 209 persons (65.5%).<ref name=DP1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The whole population lived in households. There were 113 households, out of which 43 (38.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 47 (41.6%) were married-couple households, 7 (6.2%) were cohabiting couple households, 16 (14.2%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 43 (38.1%) had a male householder with no partner present. 38 households (33.6%) were one person, and 12 (10.6%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.82.<ref name=DP1/> There were 66 families (58.4% of all households).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The age distribution was 68 people (21.3%) under the age of 18, 28 people (8.8%) aged 18 to 24, 92 people (28.8%) aged 25 to 44, 84 people (26.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 47 people (14.7%) who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 39.8Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 151.2 males.<ref name=DP1/>
There were 129 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 113 (87.6%) were occupied. Of these, 53 (46.9%) were owner-occupied, and 60 (53.1%) were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>
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
- Bernice Bing, artist
Politics
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