Healdsburg
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The Healdsburg Carnegie library, which now houses the Healdsburg Museum
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 Location in Sonoma County and the State of California |
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 City of Healdsburg
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| Coordinates: 38°37′3″N 122°51′59″W / 38.61750°N 122.86639°WCoordinates: 38°37′3″N 122°51′59″W / 38.61750°N 122.86639°W | |
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 United States
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| State |
 California
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| 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 |
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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