Stronetta
Ghost town · Mendocino County, California

Stronetta is a ghost town in Mendocino County, California. It is one of 15 former communities in Mendocino County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 21st among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Stronetta as a historical populated place on the Point Arena topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.9471° N, 123.7025° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Point Arena |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 63 ft |
| Nearest living town | Manchester, CA |
| Distance to it | 2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1653117 |
| Coordinates | 38.94713, -123.70252 |
What's there now
Stronetta is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Manchester, CA (population 234), about 2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 63 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Point Arena Lightlighthouse · Mendocino County · 2.1 mi
- Signal Portghost town · Mendocino County · 9.4 mi
- Crittendonghost town · Mendocino County · 28.3 mi
- Point Cabrillo Lightlighthouse · Mendocino County · 28.5 mi
- Dunlapghost town · Mendocino County · 29.1 mi
- Rankinghost town · Mendocino County · 31.4 mi
- Coyote Valley Rancheriaghost town · Mendocino County · 34.8 mi
- Makahmoghost town · Sonoma County · 38.4 mi
- Rowesghost town · Mendocino County · 40.2 mi
- Sylvandaleghost town · Mendocino County · 40.3 mi
- Witter Springsghost town · Lake County · 41.6 mi
- Kaci-badonghost town · Lake County · 42.9 mi
Questions
Where is Stronetta?
Stronetta is in Mendocino County, California, at 38.9471, -123.7025.
How many ghost towns are in Mendocino County?
Mendocino County, California has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.