Mendocino is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County,
California, United States. Mendocino is located 9.5 miles (15 km) south of
Fort Bragg, at an elevation of 154 feet (47 m). The population of the
census-designated place was 894 at the 2010 census, up from 824 at the
2000 census. The town's name comes from Cape Mendocino, named by early Spanish
navigators in honor of Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain.
Despite its small size, the town's scenic
location on a headland surrounded by the Pacific Ocean has made it extremely
popular as an artist colony