Miranda (formerly Jacobsen’s) is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Phillipsville, at an height of 351 feet (107 m). The ZIP Code is 95553. The population was 520 at the 2010 census.

The publicize Miranda was originally applied to the area’s reveal office upon August 26, 1905. One account states that it is not known whether the herald giver had in mind a girl or the Famous Spanish place broadcast and intimates name. Miranda was known as Jacobsen’s Valley until the state office was established.^{[citation needed]} Another account states that Etta Coombs chose the name “Miranda” for the pronounce office she started. Miranda is located upon the Avenue of the Giants in the midst of Myers Flat to the north and Phillipsville to the south.

South Fork High School is the unaided regular tall school of Southern Humboldt Unified School District, and currently boasts going on for 150 students from whatever of southern Humboldt County. The school’s broadcast refers to the South Fork of the Eel River. Osprey Learning Center, an oscillate continuation tall school, is located across the football field from SFHS in services 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 ZIP Code is 95553. The community is inside Place code 707. Elevation is said to be 351 feet at the town sign, though the terrain is generally not flat and encompasses elevations ranging from sea level to higher than 2,000 feet (610 m). Miranda is in the Pacific Standard Time zone and observes hours of daylight saving time.