Sebastopol, California
Location in Sonoma County and the state of California
Coordinates: 38°23′57″N 122°49′37″W / 38.39917, -122.82694
Country	United States
State	California
County	Sonoma
Area
- Total	1.9 sq mi (4.9 km²)
- Land	1.9 sq mi (4.9 km²)
- Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Elevation	82 ft (25 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	7,774
- Density	4,091.6/sq mi (1,586.5/km²)
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes	95472-95473
Area code(s)	707
FIPS code	06-70770
GNIS feature ID	0277599

Postcard view of Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California over the orchards to the town

Sebastopol is a town in Sonoma County, California, United States, approximately 52 miles north of San Francisco. The population was 7,774 at the 2000 census, but its businesses also serve surrounding rural portions of Sonoma County, totaling about 50,000 people, per the town's website. It is about a 20 minute drive from the Pacific Ocean, between Santa Rosa and Bodega Bay, and is known for its progressive politics and small-town charm. It was once primarily a plum- and apple-growing region; wine grapes are now predominant, and almost all ex-orchards are now vineyards. World-famous horticulturist Luther Burbank had gardens in this fertile region. The city hosts an annual Apple Blossom Festival and Gravenstein Apple Fair. Image File history File links Sonoma_County_California_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Sebastopol_Highlighted. ... 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Sebastopol is the home of publisher O'Reilly Media, which publishes books on open-source software. Primus lead singer/bassist Les Claypool, singer/songwriter Tom Waits, singer/songwriter Nick Gravenites and actor Peter Krause currently reside in the area. Sebastopol is home to Analy High School, Laguna High School, Brook Haven Middle School, Gravenstein Elementary School, Hillcrest Middle School, Twin Hills Middle School, Pine Crest Elementary, Apple Blossom Elementary, along with many other private and charter schools. A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Programming Perl is a classic OReilly book. ... For other uses, see Primus. ... Leslie Edward Les Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U.S.) is a singer, lyricist, bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer, best known for his work with the alternative rock band Primus. ... Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. ... Nicholas George Gravenites (born October 2, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois), known as Nick The Greek Gravenites and Gravy, is a blues, rock and folk singer/songwriter and is best known for his work with Janis Joplin and several other greats of the era. ... Peter Krause as Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under Peter Krause (born 12 August 1965) is an American film and television actor. ...

History

The area's first known inhabitants were the native Coast Miwok and Pomo peoples. The town of Sebastopol formed in the 1850s with a U.S. Post Office and as a small trade center for the farmers of the surrounding agricultural region. As California's population swelled after the westward migration and the Gold rush of the 1850s, more and more settlers drifted into the fertile California valleys north of San Francisco to try their hand at farming. Bodega Bay as viewed from present-day Dillon Beach, was ancient homeland of the Coastal Miwok. ... The term Pomo may refer to: The Pomo nickname for city of Pomona, California PoMo - a popular nickname for Postmodernism, an artistic movement emerging from and reacting to modernism. ... // Production of steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Railroads begin to supplant canals in the United States as a primary means of transporting goods. ... USPS and Usps redirect here. ... For other meanings, see Gold rush (disambiguation) A California Gold Rush handbill A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

The name of Sebastopol first came into use in the late 1850s as a result of a prolonged and lively fist fight in the newly formed town, which was likened to the long British siege of the Russian seaport of Sevastopol during the then-raging Crimean War. At one time, four other California towns were also named Sebastopol (specifically, one in Napa County renamed Yountville, and others in Tulare, Sacramento and Nevada counties). There is some debate in the rumour mill about how the name "Sebastopol" came into being. The town was originally called Pinegrove, and how the name change occurred is rumored to have something to do with a bar fight. The original name can be seen in the names of two of the longer standing downtown businesses, Pinegrove consignment store, and the Pinecone restaurant. // Production of steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Railroads begin to supplant canals in the United States as a primary means of transporting goods. ... Bare-knuckle boxing (also bare-knuckle for short or fisticuffs) is the original, now rather antequated form of boxing, more closely-related to ancient combat sports. ... Location Map of Ukraine with Sevastopol highlighted. ... Combatants Allies: Second French Empire British Empire Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Russian Empire Bulgarian volunteers Casualties 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 17,500 British 2,194 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of disease ~134,000 killed, wounded and died of disease The Crimean War (1853–1856) was fought... Napa County is in north-central California Napa Valley is most famous for its wine. ... Yountville is a town located in Napa County, California. ... Tulare can refer to several places in the United States: Tulare County, California Tulare, California Tulare, South Dakota This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sacramento redirects here. ... Nevada County is a county located in Californias Sierra Nevada, in the Mother Lode country. ...

Sebastopol became known as the Gravenstein Apple Capital of the World. The apple industry brought a steady rural prosperity to the town. In 1890 the Northwestern Pacific Railroad opened a branch to Sebastopol. The town was incorporated in 1902 with schools, churches, hotels, canneries, mills, wineries, and an opera house to its credit. The 1906 earthquake reduced most of these early buildings to rubble, (Sebastopol is only seven miles from the city of Santa Rosa, the worst hit town in the 1906 earthquake) but as elsewhere in the county, the town was rebuilt. Gravenstein is a variety of apple native to Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ... The Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP) was a regional railroad serving the Redwood Empire of Northern California. ...

In the second half of the Twentieth Century, the apple industry struggled to compete with other apple producing regions and has gradually declined in economic significance. With greater personal mobility and the rise of larger shopping centers in other Sonoma County communities, many residents now often commute to work and shop in the neighboring towns of Rohnert Park or Santa Rosa, while Sebastopol maintains its small town charm. Rohnert Park is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States. ... Location in Sonoma County and the state of California Country State County Sonoma Area  - City 40. ...

It is often incorrectly stated that until the 1990s, Sebastopol was the last remaining town in Northern California that still had working railroad trains going down Main Street. The tracks were actually removed in the late 1980s. Passenger service had ceased in the 1930s and regular freight service ended in the late 1970s, which Analy High School students documented in the 1979 video, Our Train Down Main: a History of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad. The canneries have disappeared from downtown, and the apple processing plant as well, while vineyards and new housing developments have replaced some of the apple orchards eliminating the need for a train service to town. Analy High School, pronounced a-na-lee is a high school located in Sebastopol, California. ... Electric interurban railway which operated between the cities of Petaluma, Cotati, Sebastopol, and Santa Rosa, California. ...

It is often also incorrectly stated that the tracks were removed in the 1990s when the downtown area was redesigned with two one-way streets to enhance traffic along Gravenstein Highway (Route 116). Main Street and Sebastopol Avenue were actually designated one-way streets in 1985 in a perhaps misguided attempt to deal with the town's perennial traffic problem.

Some famous residents of Sebastopol include: the horticulturist Luther Burbank who established an 18-acre Gold Ridge Environmental Farm in the township in the late 1800s; Willard Libby, inventor of carbon dating went to Analy High School; the cartoonist Charles Schulz; and the musicians Les Claypool of Primus and both Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart of the [[Grateful Dead] . Luther Burbank - c1902 Luther Burbank - The Wizard of Horticulture Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849–April 11, 1926)[1] was an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer of agricultural science. ... Willard Frank Libby (December 17, 1908 – September 8, 1980) was an American chemist, famous for his role in the development of radiocarbon dating, a process which revolutionized archaeology. ... Radiocarbon dating is the use of the naturally occurring isotope of carbon-14 in radiometric dating to determine the age of organic materials, up to ca. ... Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 - February 12, 2000) was a 20th-century American cartoonist best known for his Peanuts comic strip. ... Leslie Edward Les Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U.S.) is a singer, lyricist, bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer, best known for his work with the alternative rock band Primus. ... For other uses, see Primus. ... Jerome John Jerry Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician, songwriter, and artist best known for being the lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. ... Mickey Hart (born September 11, 1943) is a percussionist and musicologist. ...

Geography

Sebastopol is located at 38°23′57″N, 122°49′37″W (38.399163, -122.827034)^GR1. Its elevation is 65 to 250 feet above sea level. Its downtown is at the intersection of state highways 12 and 116 (aka Gravenstein Highway), approximately nine miles west of U.S. Highway 101. U.S. Highway 101, or U.S. Route 101 (often just U.S. 101), is a north-south highway that is aligned along the Pacific West Coast of the United States. ...

Sebastopol is situated on the edge of the Laguna de Santa Rosa, which is fed by Santa Rosa Creek and other tributaries. The Laguna is a wetland area that is home to many species of wildlife and vegetation, and divides the town from the neighboring Santa Rosa. Nearly every winter the Laguna floods, cutting off State route 12, and often flooding the low lying businesses and homes on the eastern side of Sebastopol. The Pitkin Marsh lily and White sedge are two rare species of plants that are found in the vicinity of Sebastopol. Looking northeast across the Laguna de Santa Rosa with the Mayacmas Mountains in the background The Laguna de Santa Rosa is a fourteen mile long wetland complex that drains a 254-square mile watershed encompassing most of the Santa Rosa Plain in Sonoma County, California, USA. The Laguna, whose principal... Middle reach of Sonoma Creek immediately above Brush Creek confluence. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants, and is, by far, the most abundant biotic element of the biosphere. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE SR-116 SON 9. ... The Pitkin Marsh lily,, or Lilium pardalinum subsp. ... Rare species is an organism which is very uncommon or scarce. ...

The town currently sits atop several sites of Pomo Indian villages, and arrowheads are found in gopher holes with some frequency in the less disturbed areas of town bordering the flood plain. The Pomo people are a linguistic branch of Native American people of Northern California. ... American Indian arrowheads of several shapes and functions Japanese arrowheads of several shapes and functions Arrowhead can refer to: the point of an arrow; some plants in the genus Sagittaria; the Arrowhead region of northeastern Minnesota; a place name in southern California, derived from an arrowhead-shaped geologic formation in... Look up gopher, gofer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.9 km² (1.9 mi²), all land. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 7,774 people, 3,250 households, and 1,953 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,596.6/km² (4,138.8/mi²). There were 3,321 housing units at an average density of 682.0/km² (1,768.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 89.85% White, 0.66% African American, 0.78% Native American, 1.52% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 3.86% from other races, and 3.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.26% of the population. Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...

There were 3,250 households out of which 31.8% included children under the age of 18 in the house, 41.5% were married couples living together, 14.2% were led by a female householder with no husband present, and 39.9% were other living arrangements. 31.8% of all households were made up of a single individual and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.95. Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. ...

For the most part the population is spread out across the age groups, although the young adult population is drastically lower than the other groups, indicating that most young people leave, at least temporarily. The reasons for this are probably a combination of the high cost of living and the lack of other young adults. The percent distribution on the 2000 census by age was as follows: 23.6% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years.

For every 100 females there were 81.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $46,436, and the median income for a family was $55,792. Males had a median income of $40,538 versus $32,399 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,881. About 4.7% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Politics

The city council consists of five members, each serving four year terms. City council races are not partisan, so each member does not officially represent any party, however since 2000 there has been a decent amount of attention given to the individual party membership of city council members in Sebastopol. This happened because in 2000, with the election of Craig Litwin and Sam Spooner to the city council, the town had a Green Party majority. Or would have, if city council races were partisan. This was only the second time this had ever happened, the first being the town of Arcata, CA in 1996.

As this indicates, Sebastopol tends to support environmental policies. In 1986, the citizens approved an initiative declaring Sebastopol a "Nuclear Free Zone", The town does not use pesticides in city landscaping, and several years back, when the police needed a new vehicle, the city council voted to purchase a hybrid instead of a standard police car.

Current issues facing the city include a high cost of living and ongoing difficulties with traffic (the town has two highways going through downtown).

The current city council members (as of October 2006) are:

• Sarah Glade Gurney, Mayor
• Sam Pierce, Vice-Mayor
• Linda Kelley
• Craig Litwin
• Larry Robinson

Sister cities

• Chyhyryn, Ukraine
• Yamauchi, Japan

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Notable natives

• Charles M. Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comics, once lived in Sebastopol. As a result the character 5, whose name is entirely made up of numbers, has the Sebastopol zip code 95472 as his last name.
• Megan McDonald, author, resides in Sebastopol. Screamin' Mimi's, an ice cream shop in Sebastopol, is featured in the Judy Moody Series.
• Shuggie Otis, soul and R&B musician, currently resides in Sebastopol.
• Willard F. Libby, winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1960 for developing Carbon-14 dating, attended Analy High School, which named its library for Libby.
• Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
• Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead.
• Rider Strong of "Boy Meets World"
• Sarah Lane of TechTV and G4
• The Jenkins, country music trio consisting of Nancy Jenkins and her daughters, Brodie and Kacie
• Peter Krause, of Six Feet Under, Dirty Sexy Money
• Les Claypool, of Primus, Les claypool's Frog Brigade, Colonel claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Les Claypool and the Holy mackerel, Etc.

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Places of interest

Sebastopol, while small, has several points of interest.

• Luther Burbank Gold Ridge Experiment Farm *
• The historic Hogan Building, Petaluma Avenue. This was the Power House for the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad which was an electric railway. The first cars were run over the line in 1904, and the later named Hogan Building, built of stone from a local quarry, is one of the few in the area that made it through the 1906 earthquake.
• West County Museum operated by the Western Sonoma County Historical Society in the former Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad passenger Depot on Main Street.
• George A. Strout House, located on Florence Ave., home of sculptor Patrick Amiot and many of his eclectic sculptures *
• Ives Park, summer home of the Sonoma County Repertory Theater (aka The Rep)
• Ragle Ranch Regional Park
• Joe Rodota Trail
• West County Trail
• Laguna de Santa Rosa

*National Register of Historic Places

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See also

• Film locations in Sonoma County, California

Film locations in Sonoma County, California are a diverse set of sites throughout this California county, where all or parts of notable motion pictures have been produced. ...

References

Our Train Down Main : a History of the Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad. Sebastopol, CA: Analy High School, 1979. Videocassette (ca. 22 min.)

External links

• Official City of Sebastopol Website
• West County Museum

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Cities	Cloverdale | Cotati | Healdsburg | Petaluma | Rohnert Park | Santa Rosa | Sebastopol | Sonoma Sonoma County is on the northwest coast of California, one of the northernmost parts of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, U.S. Its population at the 2000 census was 458,614. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ... Location in Sonoma County and the state of California Country State County Sonoma Area  - City 40. ... There are 478 incorporated cities in California, 22 of which are styled Town of (Name) instead of City of (Name). ... Cloverdale is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States. ... Cotati is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States. ... Healdsburg is a city located in Sonoma County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 10,722. ... Aerial view of Petaluma, California. ... Rohnert Park is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States. ... Location in Sonoma County and the state of California Country State County Sonoma Area  - City 40. ... Sonoma City Hall in the town plaza Sonoma is a historically significant town in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA. Sonoma is centered around its historic town plaza, a remnant of the towns Spanish colonial past. ...
Incorporated towns	Windsor Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 552 pixelsFull resolution (891 × 615 pixel, file size: 3 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sonoma County, California Sebastopol, California Bodega... There are 478 incorporated cities in California, 22 of which are styled Town of (Name) instead of City of (Name). ... Windsor is a town located in Sonoma County, California. ...
CDPs	Bodega Bay | Boyes Hot Springs | El Verano | Eldridge | Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente | Forestville | Glen Ellen | Graton | Guerneville | Larkfield-Wikiup | Monte Rio | Occidental | Roseland | Temelec A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ... Bodega Bay is a town, and US census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States. ... Boyes Hot Springs is a census-designated place located in Sonoma County, California. ... El Verano is a census-designated place located in Sonoma County, California. ... Eldridge is a census-designated place located in Sonoma County, California. ... Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente is a census-designated place located in Sonoma County, California. ... Forestville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States. ... Central Glen Ellen along Arnold Drive Glen Ellen is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA. The population was 992 at the 2000 census. ... Graton is an unincorporated town in west Sonoma County, California, United States. ... Guerneville is a census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,441. ... Larkfield-Wikiup is a census-designated place located in Sonoma County, California. ... Monte Rio is a census-designated place located in Sonoma County, California along the Russian River near the Pacific Ocean. ... Occidental is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States. ... Roseland is a census-designated place located in Sonoma County, California. ... Temelec is a census-designated place located in Sonoma County, California. ...
Unincorporated communities	Asti | Camp Meeker | Cazadero | Duncans Mills | Freestone | Geyserville | Jenner | Kenwood | Mark West | Mark West Springs | Penngrove | Rio Nido | Sea Ranch This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Asti is an unincorporated community in Sonoma County, California, USA, and the home of Asti Winery. ... Camp Meeker, California is an unincorporated village located on the Bohemian Highway, between Occidental and Monte Rio. ... Cazadero is a town in Sonoma County, California with a population of 2,347. ... Duncans Mills is a town located in Sonoma County, California. ... Freestone is a small community in Sonoma County, California located at the intersection of Bohemian Highway and Bodega Highway. ... Geyserville is a CDP in Sonoma County, California, USA. The town has a population of either triple or quadruple digits. ... Jenner is a small town with a population of about 170 in Sonoma County, California, U.S. It is located on the Pacific coast near the mouth of the Russian River. ... Kenwood, California is a town along State Route 12 in Sonoma County. ... Mark West, California is a census-designated place immediately north of Santa Rosa, California in Sonoma County, USA. Mark West is located along Mark West Springs Road adjacent to U.S. Highway 101. ... Mark West Springs is an unincorporated community in eastern Sonoma County, California, USA. Mark West Springs is located on Porter Creek Road in the Mayacamas Mountains. ... Penngrove, California (ZIP 94951) is a small, unincorporated community in Sonoma County, California, between Petaluma and Santa Rosa at the intersection of Old Redwood Highway and Petaluma Hill Road, and nestled in the foothills of Sonoma Mountain. ... Rio Nido, California is a small, unincorporated resort community on the Russian River, 1. ... The Sea Ranch is a planned unincorporated community located in Sonoma County, California, about one hundred miles north of San Francisco or 120 miles from Sacramento. ...