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Sonoma County Genealogy

Annapolis

  • Genealogy
  • History of Annapolis
  • Historical Pictures
  • The Town Today
  • People of Interest
Table of Contents

Annapolis (formerly Monti) is an unincorporated community in Sonoma County, California, United States. Annapolis is situated near the coastline of northern Sonoma County, and is 5 miles (8.0 km) north-northeast of the nearest community, Stewarts Point. Annapolis has ZIP code 95412. The community is named after Annapolis Orchards, which was founded in the area in the 1880s.

As of 2010, Annapolis has about 401 residents. [1]



Genealogy


Roadside Thoughts: Annapolis California [Our (the Writers of Roadside Thoughts) interests and experiences have led us to build this website as a Gazetteer (an encyclopedia of communities and places - and whatever else catches our fancy). It's a tool that helps us to plan our travel and pursue our family history. )] . . . Link

See our Cemetery List for Annapolis . . . Link

See our List of 1890's Communities around Annapolis . . . Link


Sonoma County Genealogical Society . . . Link


 

History of Annapolis


Annapolis Historical Society Facebook page. . . Link

The physical address of the historical Society is 36855 Annapolis Rd, Annapolis C 95412



Historical Pictures


Post Office, Annapolis, California. Circa 1974-1976, Calisphere . . . Link

Calisphere has a good collection of photos from Annapolis . . . Link


Unidentified class at Horicon School (possible 1895?) . . . Link



The Town Today


American Towns . . . Link


Wikipedia Page on Annapolis, California . . . Link


Article: Annapolis shutters its post office, town center (2011) . . . Link



People of Interest


Basil Scalabrini, Wine grower in Annapolis (1978) [2] . . . 


George Batt

(Wetmore Brothers worked with local fruit grower George Batt to open the Annapolis Post Office. This post office operated until 2011. [1])


Mary Peterson & Ernie Ohlson [2] . . .



San Francisco developer J.C. Beatty [1] . . .

( . . . the early 1870s, when San Francisco developer J.C. Beatty claimed and cleared approximately 1200 acres of redwood forest for resale. [1])


Wetmore Brothers Commission Merchants

(In 1882, San Francisco-based Wetmore Brothers Commission Merchants purchased part of Beatty's lands and developed a commercial orchard, named "Annapolis Orchard" after their homeland, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. Wetmore Brothers grew fruit on its own properties, and purchased local fruit growers' produce to sell on commission [1])



Places of Interest


Old Patchett Ranch in Annapolis, a historic site with a classic old house and barn and an aging orchard of mountain apples.


Starcross community in Annapolis [Tolbert McCarroll (Brother Toby), Mary Martha Aggeler (Sister Marti) and Julian DeRossi (Sister Julie)] [3] . . . Article (1) . . . Article (2) . . .




Citations


[1] Wikipedia contributors. "Annapolis, California." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 7 Aug. 2022. Web. 21 Aug. 2022 . . . Link


Rudy, Lynn Hay (2015). The Old Salt Point Township, Sonoma County, California. Vol. 2. Jenner, CA: The Hay Press. p. 205. ISBN 0971216029.


Batt, George R. (1917). "Annapolis; Its Origin". Guerneville Times. Vol. 36.


"Annapolis shutters its post office, town center". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2021-01-08.


[2] vinagency.com, Vin. "Scouting Annapolis: an abandoned apple town turns to vines | Peay Vineyards". Retrieved 2021-01-08. . . . Link


[3] "LeBaron: Remembering Starcross' selfless good works". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2021-01-08.


Conroy, Bill (1986). "Saving the Old Schoolhouse: A Group of Annapolis Oldsters Bring the Old-time Schoolhouse Back to Life". Ridge Review. 6 (2): 32–34.