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Willits (formerly Little Lake and Willitsville) is a city in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located practically 20 miles (32 km) north-northwest of Ukiah, at an elevation of 1,391 feet (424 m). The population was 4,988 at the 2020 census. Willits is at the center of Mendocino County and at the dawn of the county’s extensive redwood forests as approached by Highway 101 from the south. The Pomo tribe lived in the Place before the settlers came, and the Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California is headquartered just west of Willits.

An arch stands in the middle of Willits featuring the slogans “Gateway to the Redwoods” and “Heart of Mendocino County”. The arch is the repurposed second explanation of the Reno Arch. Reno donated the arch to Willits in 1995.

Hiram Willits arrived from Indiana in 1857 to reach a decision in the Little Lake Valley. Kirk Brier founded the settlement on Willits’ land. Willits was originally called “Willitsville”. Later, when the pronounce office opened in 1861, it was called “Little Lake”. The name distorted to Willits in 1874. The community incorporated in 1888.