Alderpoint (formerly, Alder Point)[4] is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California at an elevation of 472 feet (144 m),[2] 11 miles (18 km) east-northeast of Garberville.

The town, named after the abundance of alder trees,[5] began in 1910 as a center for construction of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad.

[27] Federally, it is in California's 2nd congressional district, represented by Democrat Jared Huffman.

[37][38] On November 28, 2013, human remains were found in a grave on a private property on Jewett Road, one day after a group of locals forced the admission from the suspect known to have committed the murder, about the exact location of a grave believed to be Rodriguez's.

[40] It is suspected that the anonymous tip came from a confession extracted from the man responsible for the murder,[39] who gave up the information after being kidnapped, shot twice, and threatened by a group of eight local vigilantes on Thanksgiving Day.

[42] Across the valley from Rancho Sequoia on Pratt Mountain, in 1973, 24-year-old Dirk Dickenson was shot in the back by Federal agent Lloyd Clifton during a military-style federal raid which arrived at his property by helicopter.

[45] Dickenson was posthumously featured on the cover of Rolling Stone[46] and is recognized as the first victim of the U.S. war on drugs.