Petaluma, California
Petaluma is a city in Sonoma County, part of the North Bay sub-region of the San Francisco Bay Area, located 37 mi north of San Francisco. Its population was 57,941 according to the 2010 Census.The Rancho Petaluma Adobe, located in Petaluma, is a National Historic Landmark. Its construction started in 1836 by order of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, then Commandant of the San Francisco Presidio. It was the center of a 66,000 acre ranch stretching... Show more from Petaluma River to Sonoma Creek. The adobe is considered one of the best preserved buildings of its era in Northern California. Other Historical Buildings include The Washoe House, built in 1859 and the Petaluma Creamery, established in 1903 which marked Petaluma as an agricultural center for eggs & dairy. Petaluma is a transliteration of the Coast Miwok phrase péta lúuma which means hill backside. Péta Lúuma was originally the name of...