One account states that it is not known whether the name giver had in mind a girl or the well-known Spanish place name and family name.

[citation needed] Miranda was known as Jacobsen's Valley until the post office was established.

[citation needed] Another account states that Etta Coombs chose the name "Miranda" for the post office she started.

[7] Miranda is located on the Avenue of the Giants between Myers Flat to the north and Phillipsville to the south.

Osprey Learning Center, an alternative continuation high school, is located across the football field from SFHS in facilities that formerly housed Miranda Junior High School.

Today, Miranda Junior High School now stands where the former tennis court was, as construction was completed in 2014.

The official town population listed on the Miranda welcome sign is significantly lower.

Majorly of one race (97.3%), Miranda is home to 91.8% White (unspecified origin), 0.5% African American or Black, 2.9% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 0.6% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, 1.4% of some other race, and 4.6% Hispanic or Latino.

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