Pekwan (also Pecwan, Pack-wans, Pak-wan, Pank-wans, Pec-quan, Pek-wan, and Tirip'ama) (Yurok: PekwanCalifornia Place Names of Indian Origin (A. L. Kroeber, 1916) or Pekwon ) is a locality and former Yurok settlement in Humboldt County, California. It is located at an elevation of 85 feet (26 m). on the Lower Klamath River at the mouth of Pecwan Creek, east-southeast of Johnsons.
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