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Temelec

  • Genealogy
  • About The Town
  • People & Other Entities
  • Maps
  • Photos
  • Citations
Table of Contents

Temelec (Miwok: Tamuleko) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States. The population was 1,441 at the 2010 census. [1]


Temelec, CA is a community in the southern region of Sonoma Valley. It is bounded to the south Stage Gulch Road (CA-116), to the east by Rodgers Creek and Arnold Drive, to the north by Coblentz Road and Rodgers Creek, and to the west by unknown Creek.  [LocalWiki: Temelec . . . Link]


Genealogy


LDS genealogy.com: Temelec . . . Link


Roadside Thoughts: Temelec California . . . Link


Sonoma County Genealogical Society . . . Link



About The Town


Temelec is the site of Temelec Hall, built in 1858 by Captain Granville P. Swift, a member of the Bear Flag Party. The hall was owned by journalist Edmond Coblentz in the mid 1900s. The hall is currently part of the Temelec Adult Community Center. Located at 220 Temelec Circle, it was designated California Historical Landmark #237. It is additionally a Sonoma County Historic Landmark.  [1]



Gaye LeBaron: The checkered past of two who sought Sonoma County’s refuge [Article, Press Democrat] . . . Link


LocalWiki: Temelec . . . Link


Permit Sonoma: Temelec Hall . . . Link


Temelec is not a cheese [Article, Sonoma Valley Sun] . . . Link


Temelec Today [Niche] (has a map of location) . . . Link


Temelec Wikipedia Page . . . Link


Temelec HOA (Sorta..) . . . Link . . . History . . . Assorted Articles


The scoundrel of Temelec Hall [Article] . . . Link



Check Sonoma Historian (SCHS) for articles about the towns. . . .  Link

Rethinking the Legacy of Granville Swift [The Journal, 1995, no. 1] . . . Link

The Swindler Who Retired to Temelec [The Journal, 1995, no. 2] . . . Link

Granville Swift: Wealth, Violence Marked His Life [The Journal, 2012, no. 2] . . . Link



People & Other Entities


Captain Granville P. Swift  . . . Link

Captain Granville P. Swift  (May 1, 1821 in Lexington, Kentucky – April 21, 1875) was a California pioneer who participated in the Bear Flag Revolt in 1846 and who was highly successful at gold mining. His great-uncle was Daniel Boone. He came to California at the age of 19 in 1840. Records indicate he was active in the Sacramento Valley, hunting and trading rawhide and furs. By 1846, however, Swift would later favor independence from Mexico. He was one of thirty-three Americans who captured the town of Sonoma. He was elected sergeant of the party and even helped design the Bear Flag. In 1858 he constructed his three-story Southern antebellum-style mansion, called Telemec, on the rancho. Rich and famous, he married 16-year-old Eliza Jane Tate of Sonoma. Together they had three sons before their divorce in 1869.


Colonel William Kissane Rogers (2nd Owner of Temelec Hall) . . . Link


Temelec Hall . . . Link

In 1858 Swift constructed his three-story Southern antebellum-style mansion, called Telemec, on the rancho. The first two floors had 14 rooms, while the dining room could seat as many as 50 guests and featured a fireplace of imported Italian marble. It also had an encircling balcony supported by great stone columns.



Maps


Map of Temelec, with boundaries [BingMaps] . . . Link


Map of Temelec[MapQuest] . . . Link



Photos


Town, 1955 . . . Link







Citations:


[1]   Wikipedia contributors. "Temelec, California." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 9 Aug. 2022. Web. 28 Sep. 2022. . . . Link


[2]   "Historical and Descriptive Sketch Book of Napa, Sonoma, Lake, and Mendocino: Comprising Sketches of Their Topography, Productions, History, Scenery, and Peculiar Attractions", C.A. Menefee, 1873 . . . Link


[3]  "Historical and Descriptive Sketch of Sonoma County, California" Robert Allan Thompson. L.H. Everts, 1877 - Sonoma County (Calif.) - 104 pages. [ ???  pp 100-101]  . . . Link


[4] "History of Sonoma County: Including Its Geology, Topography, Mountains, Valleys and Streams ...."' United States, Higginson Book Company, 1880. (page ???.) . . . Link . . . Text at CAGenWeb


[5]   "An Illustrated History of Sonoma County, California: Containing a History of the County of Sonoma from the Earliest Period of Its Occupancy to the Present Time", Lewis Publishing, 1889  . . . Link