Mark West, California

Mark West, California
Mark West, California Location within the state of California
Coordinates: 38°30′33.98″N 122°46′55.99″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Sonoma
Elevation [1]	420 ft (128 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	95492
Area code	707
GNIS feature ID	228117

Mark West is an unincorporated community immediately north of Santa Rosa, California in Sonoma County, California, United States. Mark West is located along Mark West Springs Road adjacent to U.S. Highway 101. The community of Mark West is named for Scottish American pioneer William Marcus West.^[2]

After the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad was extended to Cloverdale in the 1870s, its trains stopped in Mark West.^[3]

See also

• Larkfield-Wikiup, California
• Mark West Creek
• Mark West Springs
• Northwestern Pacific Railroad

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mark West
2. Mark West Area Chamber of Commerce: Mark West history
3. Draper, Prudence and Lloyd (2004). Images of America: Cotati. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-2873-0.