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Healdsburg, California

City of Healdsburg
City
The Healdsburg Carnegie library, which now houses the Healdsburg Museum
The Healdsburg Carnegie library, which now houses the Healdsburg Museum
Location in Sonoma County and the State of California
Location in Sonoma County and the State of California
City of Healdsburg is located in the US
City of Healdsburg
City of Healdsburg
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 38°37′3″N 122°51′59″W / 38.61750°N 122.86639°W / 38.61750; -122.86639Coordinates: 38°37′3″N 122°51′59″W / 38.61750°N 122.86639°W / 38.61750; -122.86639
Country  United States
State  California
County Sonoma
Founded 1857
Incorporated February 20, 1867
Founded by Harmon Heald
Government
 • Type Council-manager
 • Mayor Shaun McCaffery
 • Vice mayor Brigette Mansell
 • City manager David Mickaelian
Area
 • Total 4.464 sq mi (11.561 km2)
 • Land 4.457 sq mi (11.543 km2)
 • Water 0.007 sq mi (0.018 km2)  0.15%
Elevation 105 ft (32 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 11,254
 • Estimate (2013) 11,517
 • Density 2,500/sq mi (970/km2)
Demonym(s) Healdsburger
Time zone Pacific (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code 95448
Area code 707
FIPS code 06-33056
GNIS feature IDs 277530, 2410726
Website cityofhealdsburg.net

Healdsburg is a city located in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 11,254. Healdsburg is a small tourist-oriented town in northern Sonoma County. Due to its three most important wine-producing regions (the Russian River, Dry Creek, and Alexander Valley AVAs), Healdsburg has been continuously awarded one of the top 10 smallest towns in America.

Healdsburg is centered on a 19th-century plaza that provides an important focal point for tourists and locals.

Early inhabitants of the local area included the Pomo people, who constructed villages in open areas along the Russian River. Anglo-American (Mexican and Russian) settlement may have commenced in the mid-19th century, with a settlement nearby, established downstream along the Russian River near Graton, in 1836, and later the Rancho Sotoyome land grant, in 1844.

In 1857, Harmon Heald, an Ohio businessman who had been squatting on Rancho Sotoyome since 1850, purchased part of the rancho—giving the city its official founding date. In 1867, Heald’s eponymous small town was incorporated. Healdsburg is located within the former township of Mendocino. The San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad reached Healdsburg in 1872.

Farming, especially orchards and truck farms, was common within the present city limits from at least the 1890s to 1940s.

The city has a total area of 4.464 sq mi (11.6 km2). 4.457 sq mi (11.5 km2) of it is land and 0.007 sq mi (0.0 km2) is water. The total area is 0.15% water. It lies on the Russian River, near a point used as a crossing of the river since the 1850s that is now the site of the Healdsburg Memorial Bridge.


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