Cotati, California

City of Cotati
City of Cotati
City
	Downtown Cotati
	Logo
	Nickname: The Hub of Sonoma County
	Location of Cotati in Sonoma County, California
	City boundaries as of 2000
	City of Cotati Location in the United States
	Coordinates: 38°19′40″N 122°42′33″W / 38.32778°N 122.70917°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Sonoma
Incorporated	July 16, 1963
Named for	Rancho Cotate
Government
• Type	Council–manager
• Mayor	John C. Moore
• City manager	Damien O'Bid
Area
• Total	1.88 sq mi (4.86 km2)
• Land	1.87 sq mi (4.85 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) 0.17%
Elevation	112 ft (34 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	7,584
• Density	4,046.96/sq mi (1,562.23/km2)
	California Department of Finance estimate
Demonym	Cotatian
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	94926–94928, 94931
Area code	707
FIPS code	06-16560
GNIS feature IDs	1655927, 2410240
Website	ci.cotati.ca.us

Cotati (/koʊˈtɑːtiː/; Miwok: Kota’ti) is an incorporated city in Sonoma County, California, United States, located approximately 45 mi (70 km) north of San Francisco in the 101 corridor between Rohnert Park and Petaluma. Cotati's population as of the 2020 Census was 7,584,^[8] making it the smallest incorporated community in Sonoma County.

Like all of Sonoma County, Cotati is included in both the San Francisco Bay Area and North Coast. Located in the Sonoma Coast AVA, Cotati can also be considered part of Wine Country. E & J Gallo Winery operates a 400-acre (160 ha) vineyard called Two Rock Vineyard in the hills west of town.^[9] Cotati's hexagonal downtown plaza, one of only two hexagonal town layouts in the United States, is California Historical Landmark number 879.^[10] The other U.S. city with a hexagonal layout is Detroit, Michigan.^[11]

^ Draper, p. 8
^ ^a ^b "City of Cotati". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
^ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
^ Cite error: The named reference cityCouncil was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "City Manager / City Clerk". City of Cotati. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
^ "ZIP Code(tm) Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Cotati city, California". United States Census Bureau. [[U.S. Department of Commerce]. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
^ "The Falcon and the Farmer". Retrieved December 5, 2007.
^ Cite error: The named reference OHP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Draper, p. 21