Annapolis is in Sonoma County, in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma metro area.
The community was named for the Annapolis Orchards
There were formerly two Coast Miwok villages in the area: one (called Kennekono) sited near the current town and another (called Suwutenne) further north.[3]
In 1843, Captain Stephen Smith established the first West Coast lumber mill near Bodega. Saint Teresa of Avila Church was built in 1859 and...
read more about Bodega, CA Real EstateCoast Miwok native Americans lived on the shores of Bodega Bay. Documented village names include: Helapattai, Hime-takala, Ho-takala, and Tokau.[2] There is speculation that Bodega Bay may have been Sir Francis Drake's Nova Albion landing location on the California coast.[3]
Bodega Bay was...
read more about Bodega Bay, CA Real EstateThe Upper Napa Valley was once the home of a significant population of Indigenous People, called the Wappo during the Spanish colonial era of the late 1700s. With abundant oak trees providing acorns as a food staple and the natural hot springs as a healing ground Calistoga was the site of several...
read more about Calistoga, CA Real EstateCamp Meeker, California is an unincorporated village located on the Bohemian Highway, between Occidental and Monte Rio. It has approximately 350 homes on properties ranging from a couple thousand square feet to many acres, some flat and sunny, some on steep narrow gauge railroad type one-way...
read more about Camp Meeker, CA Real EstateCazadero is generally regarded as the area from the confluence of Austin Creek and the Russian River along California State Route 116 along the Cazadero Highway up to the town. Cazadero Highway roughly parallels Austin Creek which is a principal tributary of the lower Russian River. Austin Creek...
read more about Cazadero, CA Real EstateCloverdale began as an early stage stop, known as Markleville, on the Rancho Rincon de Musalacon Mexican grant. In 1856 R. B. Markle and W. J. Miller bought 759 acres (3.1 km2), which included the present site of the town from Johnson Horrell. In 1859, James Abram Kleiser bought Markle's interest,...
read more about Cloverdale, CA Real EstateThe Coast Miwok civilization thrived in the Cotati area since at least 2000 BC, with principal villages built near major streams. Documented villages in the area included Lumen-takala (northeast of present-day Cotati), Payinecha (west of present-day Cotati), and Kotati.[15]
In 1827, an Irishman...
read more about Cotati, CA Real EstateDuncans Mills (or Duncan's Mills) is an unincorporated town located in Sonoma County. The town was founded in the 1870s. In 1877, Alexander Duncan established a sawmill in what is today Duncans Mills. The mills sent lumber to the growing city of San Francisco. The town featured two hotels, a general...
read more about Duncans Mills, CA Real EstateEl Verano's name is Spanish and means "The Summer." Resorts in El Verano, and the other nearby communities of Boyes Hot Springs, Fetters Hot Springs, and Agua Caliente were popular health retreats for tourists from San Francisco and points beyond until the middle of the 20th century because of the...
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