Glen Ellen, California Glen Ellen Glen Ellen Saloon Glen Ellen Saloon Glen Ellen is positioned in the US Glen Ellen - Glen Ellen Glen Ellen is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA.
Glen Ellen is the locale of Jack London State Historic Park (including the Wolf House), Sonoma Valley Regional Park, and a former home of Hunter S.
Glen Ellen, 1888 Stuart purchased a part of the Rancho Agua Caliente territory grant and in 1868 began building a home there, eventually establishing a 1,000-acre (4.0 km2) vineyard he titled Glen Ellen after his wife.
The town that interval up around the vineyard also came to be called Glen Ellen, and Stuart's home was later retitled Glen Oaks Ranch.
Glen Ellen is about 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of the town/city of Sonoma.
Sonoma Creek, the principal river of the Sonoma Valley flows through Glen Ellen.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Glen Ellen had a populace of 784.
There were 364 homeholds, out of which 74 (20.3%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 172 (47.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 26 (7.1%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 14 (3.8%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 126 citizens (16.1%) under the age of 18, 37 citizens (4.7%) aged 18 to 24, 142 citizens (18.1%) aged 25 to 44, 376 citizens (48.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 103 citizens (13.1%) who were 65 years of age or older.
60.5% of the populace lived in owner-occupied housing units and 37.9% lived in rental housing units.
Writer Jack London lived in Glen Ellen from 1909 to his death in 1916, where he devoted much of his time to evolution of his Beauty Ranch and the building of his mansion, Wolf House.
Many of his novels and stories, prominently The Iron Heel and The Valley of the Moon mention Glen Ellen and Sonoma County.
The site of his ranch is now Jack London State Historic Park, which contains the ruins of Wolf House, a several ranch buildings, the grave of Jack and Charmian London, and a exhibition homed in Charmian London's "House of Happy Walls." Glen Ellen is also the home of a several gourmet star restaurants such as: The Glen Ellen Star Glen Ellen Inn The Sonoma Developmental Center is positioned just outside Glen Ellen near the Jack London ranch.
Glen Ellen is positioned in the Wine Country and is part of the Sonoma Mountain AVA.
Like all the communities in Sonoma Valley, Glen Ellen is home to many vineyards and wineries including B.R.
Quarryhill Botanic Garden, positioned near Glen Ellen, is a research botanical garden housing with one of the biggest collections of temperate Asian plants in North America.
In the California State Legislature, Glen Ellen is in the 2nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Mike Mc - Guire, and in the 4th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Cecilia Aguiar-Curry. In the United States House of Representatives, Glen Ellen is in California's 5th congressional district, represented by Democrat Mike Thompson. a b "2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Glen Ellen CDP".
"A Glen Ellen Timeline".
Glen Ellen Historical Society.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Glen Ellen.
Glen Ellen Historical Society
Categories:
Glen Ellen, California - Census-designated places in Sonoma County, California - Sonoma Valley - Census-designated places in California
|