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Piercy
— Unincorporated community —
Piercy Location in California
Coordinates: 39°57′59″N 123°47′43″W / 39.96639°N 123.79528°W / 39.96639; -123.79528Coordinates: 39°57′59″N 123°47′43″W / 39.96639°N 123.79528°W / 39.96639; -123.79528
Country	United States
State	California
County	Mendocino County
Elevation^[1]	794 ft (242 m)

Piercy is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.^[1] It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River 9 miles (14 km) north-northwest of Leggett,^[2] at an elevation of 794 feet (242 m).^[1]

The first post office at Piercy opened in 1920.^[2] The name honors Sam Piercy, who settled there around 1900.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piercy, California
^ ^a ^b ^c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 122. ISBN 9781884995149.

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County seat: Ukiah

Cities	Fort Bragg \| Point Arena \| Ukiah \| Willits

CDPs	Albion \| Anchor Bay \| Boonville \| Brooktrails \| Calpella \| Caspar \| Cleone \| Comptche \| Covelo \| Hopland \| Laytonville \| Leggett \| Little River \| Manchester \| Mendocino \| Philo \| Potter Valley \| Redwood Valley \| Talmage

Unincorporated communities	Alpine \| Andersonia \| Arnold \| Asylum \| Bell Springs \| Bowman Place \| Branscomb \| Bredehoft Place \| Burbeck \| Cameron \| Cape Horn \| Card Place \| Carpenter Place \| Clare Mill \| Cooks Valley \| Crowley \| Cubbler Place \| Cummings \| Dawes \| DeCamp \| DeHaven \| Delmonico Place \| Dos Rios \| Duncan Springs \| Dunlap Place \| El Roble \| Elk \| Fair Oaks \| Farley \| Fish Rock \| Flumeville \| Four Pines \| Gallaway \| Glenblair \| Grove \| Gualala \| Hales Grove \| Hardy \| Hardy Place \| Hays Place \| Hearst \| Heath Place \| Heeser Addition \| Hendy Grove \| Indian Springs \| Inglenook \| Ingram \| Irmulco \| Jim Leggett Place \| Kibesillah \| Largo \| Laughlin \| Little Penny \| Longvale \| Marble Place \| Marks Place \| McClure Place \| Melbourne \| Mina \| Montgomery \| Nacomis Indian Rancheria \| Nashmead \| Navarro \| Newport \| Northspur \| Noyo \| Oasis \| Old Bailey Place \| Old Hopland \| Old Ornbaun Hot Springs \| Old Red Rock Place \| O'Neil Place \| Orrs Springs \| Philbrick Mill \| Piercy \| Pieta \| Pine Grove \| Pomo \| Pratt Place \| Presswood \| Ralph Leggett Place \| Ramsey \| Redwood Lodge \| Reeves Place \| Regina Heights \| Reilly Heights \| Reyes Place \| Ridge \| Ridgewood Park \| Riverdale \| Shake City \| Simerson \| Soda Springs (Boonville) \| Soda Springs (Burbeck) \| South Fork \| South Leggett \| Spyrock \| Stronetta \| Tan Oak Park \| Tatu \| The Forks \| The Oaks \| Twin Rocks \| Ukiah Rancheria \| Underwood Park \| Union Landing \| Upp \| Vichy Springs \| Wanhala \| Westport \| Whiskey Springs \| Whitesboro \| Woodman \| Yorkville

Indian reservations	Coyote Valley Reservation \| Guidiville Rancheria \| Hopland Rancheria \| Iverson Indian Rancheria \| Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria \| Pinoleville Rancheria \| Potter Valley Rancheria \| Sherwood Valley Rancheria \| Redwood Valley Rancheria \| Round Valley Indian Reservation

Former settlements	Anderson \| Arthur \| Bentley \| Bokea \| Bucknell \| Buldam \| Cahto \| Carbon \| Carey \| Chomchadila \| Christine \| Christine Junction \| Clearbrook \| Comfort \| Crittendon \| Dapishul \| Dellavan \| Duffey \| Dunlap \| Echo \| Empire \| En Cimo \| Fairbanks \| Fountain \| Gracy \| Half Way \| Hardin \| Hermitage \| Iverson \| Junction \| Kenny \| Lane Redwood Flat \| Lema \| Masut \| Melborne Camp \| Moiya \| Muir Springs \| North Fork House \| Northwestern \| Noyo Lodge \| Ornbaun \| Poonkiny \| Rankin \| Redwine \| Reynolds \| River Garden \| Rockport \| Rodgers \| Rowes \| Salmon Creek \| Salsig \| Sawyers \| Sherburns \| Shiegho \| Signal Port \| Sunnyside \| Sylvandale \| Tilly \| Tolson \| Tomki \| Tomkiah \| Ubakhea \| Ulco \| Usal \| Wendling \| Wheeler \| Whitehall

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