Sonoma County
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 1,768 square miles (4,580 km), of which 1,576 square miles (4,080 km) is land and 192 square miles (500 km) (10.9%) is water.
The Pomo, Coast Miwok and Wappo peoples were the earliest human settlers of Sonoma County, between 8000 and 5000 BC, effectively living within the natural carrying capacity of the land. Archaeological evidence of these First people includes a number of occurrences of rock carvings, especially in southern Sonoma County; these carvings often take the form of pecked curvilinear nucleated design. Spaniards, Russians, and other Europeans claimed and settled in the county from the late 16th to mid-19th century, seeking timber, fur, and farmland.
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