Jenner, California

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Jenner, California
settlement_type = unincorporated town
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = right
pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of California
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = California
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Sonoma
population_total = 121
timezone = PST
utc_offset = -8
timezone_DST = PDT
utc_offset_DST = -7
latd = 38 |latm = 26 |lats = 59 |latNS = N
longd = 123 |longm = 6 |longs = 56 |longEW = W
elevation_footnotes = [Gnis|1656100|Jenner]
elevation_m = 4
elevation_ft = 13
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 95450
area_code = 707
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 06-37274
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1656100

Jenner is a small coastal town with a population of about 121Fact|date=December 2007 in Sonoma County, California, U.S. It is located on the Pacific coast near the mouth of the Russian River. State Route 1 runs through the town and State Route 116 runs nearby, along the Russian River. Immediately south of Jenner is Goat Rock Beach, a unit within the Sonoma Coast State Beach.

Historically, Jenner was part of the Muniz Rancho. In 1867, John Rule bought convert|4000|acre|km2|0|lk=on of the rancho. When a writer named Charles Jenner moved to the area, Rule encouraged Jenner to build a house in what became known as Jenner Gulch, the site of the town. [cite web
url=http://users.ap.net/~chenae/socotown.html
title=Towns of Sonoma County
accessdate=2008-01-21]

Stillwater Cove Regional Park, located convert|16|mi|km|0|lk=on north of Jenner, features picnic facilities, beach access, and a historic one-room schoolhouse. [cite web
url=http://www.sonoma-county.org/parks/pk_stwtr.htm
title=Stillwater Cove Regional Park
accessdate=2008-01-15]

Jenner received media attention in 2004 after the bodies of Lindsay Cutshall and Jason S. Allen were discovered on Fish Head Beach just north of town. The incident became known as the Jenner, California double-murder of 2004. [cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/03/MNGP7IJU501.DTL&hw=Lindsay+Cutshall&sn=005&sc=453|title=Tantalizing clues in pair's slaying|accessdate=2007-12-05]

Demographics

As of Census 2000 figures for Jenner's zip code showed that of the primary languages spoken in Jenner 94% spoke English while 6% did not, of those, 2% spoke French, 2% spoke Spanish, 1% spoke German, 1% spoke Urdu, and less than 1% spoke a native american language. [http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_primary MLA Date Center] , acess date July 31, 2008]

References

External links

* [http://www.mcn.org/e/jenner/ Jenner, California]