Rohnerville, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}

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|subdivision_name2 =Humboldt County

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Rohnerville (formerly Eel River) is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located {{convert|2.25|mi|km|1}} southeast of Fortuna{{California's Geographic Names|134}} and {{convert|2.25|mi|km|1}} northwest of Hydesville, at an elevation of {{Convert|197|ft|m}}.

The Eel River post office opened in 1857 and changed its name to Rohnerville in 1874 in honor of the town's founder, Henry Rohner.

Early residents were Mary Brown, widow of John Brown the abolitionist, and her daughters, who moved to Rohnerville from Red Bluff in Tehama County and lived in Rohnerville from 1870 until 1881, when she moved to Saratoga, California.{{cite news

|title=A much underrated piece of Red Bluff real estate

|newspaper=Red Bluff Tehama County Daily News (Red Bluff, California)

|date=21 Feb 1968

|page=9

|via=newspapers.com

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95491453/mary-browns-house-in-red-bluff/}}{{cite news

|title=John Brown's Widow Came to Red Bluff in 1864 (pt. 2 of 2)

|newspaper=Red Bluff Tehama County Daily News (Red Bluff, California)

|date=5 Dec 1929

|page=4

|via=newspapers.com

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95731819/john-browns-widow-in-red-bluff-pt-2/}} (See John Brown's body#The family moves to California.)

The town is now part of Fortuna, California.