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Bracut
The District 1 CalTrans yard at Bracut
The District 1 CalTrans yard at Bracut
Bracut is located in California
Bracut
Bracut
Location in California
Bracut is located in the United States
Bracut
Bracut
Location in the United States
Country United States
State California
County Humboldt County
Elevation
16 ft (5 m)

Bracut (formerly, Brainard) is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Arcata, at an elevation of 16 feet (5 m). The name originated as a contraction of the railway cut through Brainard hill in the Humboldt Bay salt marsh. Railway trestle work originally connected the hill south to Eureka and north to Arcata. Much of the hill was subsequently excavated to provide fill to replace the original trestle work; and the railway fill prism became a dike encouraging conversion of the inland salt marsh to pasture land. The leveled hill is now the site of several large structures remaining from previous lumber operations, a District 1 CalTrans yard, and a KOA campground.

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