Sonoma County, California | |
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Motto(s): "Agriculture, Industry, Recreation" | |
![]() Interactive map of Sonoma County | |
![]() Location in the state of California | |
Coordinates: 38°31′N 122°56′W / 38.51°N 122.93°W | |
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State | ![]() |
Region | San Francisco Bay Area |
Incorporated | February 18, 1850[1] |
Named for | the city of Sonoma |
County seat (and largest city) | Santa Rosa |
Government | |
• Type | Council–Administrator |
• Body | Sonoma County Board of Supervisors |
Area | |
• Total | 1,768 sq mi (4,580 km2) |
• Land | 1,576 sq mi (4,080 km2) |
• Water | 192 sq mi (500 km2) |
Highest elevation | 4,483 ft (1,366 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 488,863 |
• Density | 280/sq mi (110/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time) |
Area code | 707 |
FIPS code | 06-097 |
GNIS feature ID | 1657246 |
Website | sonomacounty |
Sonoma County is a county in the U.S. state of California. It is located north of the San Francisco Bay. It is the northernmost of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties.[4][5] Sonoma County is surrounded by 4 counties: Marin County to the south, Mendocino County to the north, Lake County to the northeast, and Napa County to the east.[6] The county seat is in Santa Rosa.
Sonoma County was one of the original counties formed when California became a state in 1850.[7]
The population was 488,863 in 2020.[3]
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