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Willits is a city located in Mendocino County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,073.

The city is the eastern terminus of the California Western Railroad (otherwise known as the "Skunk Train"), running through the Coast Redwood forests to coastal Fort Bragg. Willits is at the center of Mendocino County and its redwood forests, calling itself " the "Heart of Mendocino County and Gateway to the Redwoods."

Willits is the home of the Frontier Days & Rodeo, the oldest continuous rodeo in California (held every July) and the Mendocino County Museum. Willits was the final home of the racehorse Seabiscuit: Ridgewood Ranch, where Seabiscuit trained, recuperated, and lived out his retirement, is located a few miles south of the city.