Myers Flat, CA

Myers Flat is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. The 2020 census counted 90 residents. Originally called Myers from the Grant Myers Ranch, "Flat" was added to the name to distinguish the place from Meyers in El Dorado County. Myers Flat was founded by the Myers family in the mid-19th century. Because of its location at the southern entrance to Humboldt Redwoods State Park, the town receives much tourism during the summer months. A newcomer can read Myers Flat through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Myers Flat comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The Myerses were some of the first homesteaders in the area, growing apples, pears, sweet potatoes, and corn.