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Welcome to Petaluma.org  What a great place to live, work, raise a family, and enjoy life! Petaluma is located in Sonoma County Wine Country, and is only 39 miles north of San Francisco, one of the most thriving and dynamic cities in the country. You can easily get here by U.S. Route 101.
Petaluma.org is an interactive website, easy for everyone to use! Petaluma.org contains information about Petaluma, California, as well as the surrounding cities. If it touches Petaluma, then we're there, also! The Petaluma.org website will be expanding, so come back and visit often. We currently offer free classified listings, and will offer community forums, community chat rooms, a community event calendar, news and relevant information, business directories, entertainment, local restaurants directory, and more.
Click on the links to the left to access Petaluma Classifieds listings, Petaluma Auto Classifieds listings, and Petaluma Real Estate listings. |
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Do you have original content (news stories, announcements, events) that you would like to publish on Petaluma.org? Do you have pictures of Petaluma and the surrounding cities, that you would like to see on the Petaluma.org site?
Click on the "Submit Content" link above, and you will be taken to a page where you can submit your content and pictures for publication on Petaluma.org.
We can't promise to publish all the content and pictures we receive, but we will attempt to publish as much as possible.
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Petaluma Information
 Petaluma is located in the western United States, within the state of California. It is nestled in Sonoma County's Wine Country, with a population of 54,660 as of the 2006 census estimate.
Petaluma's downtown is unique. Petaluma's earliest commercial buildings line the Petaluma River waterfront, and display historic architecture of brick, stone, wood, and iron. Surrounding Petaluma's downtown are a variety of pre-World War II residential style homes in charming neighborhoods.
Petaluma was originally the name of a Coast Miwok Indian village east of the Petaluma River. The coast Miwok phrase, péta lúuma, means "hill backside", and perhaps referred to Petaluma's proximity to Sonoma Mountain.
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One of our site users could use your help.
Years ago, she used to frequent a Petaluma business that made beautiful American Faience pottery. Some of the store's items were terra cotta, others glazed, and she thought that all the statuary, planters, animals (geese, rabbits) were beautifully done. The person in the store with whom she dealt was Heckter.
She remembers coming into Petaluma, turning left before the Grand Auto store, going straight across the railroad tracks, then turning and driving to the left of the tracks, back among some warehouses.
Do you know the name of this store, and if it still exists? If so, would you please let us know, using the "Contact Us" link above, so we can notify our site user. Thanks so much for your help.
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Petaluma Historical Sites
Petaluma downtown
Rancho Petaluma Adobe
Petaluma Historical Library
Military Museum
Petaluma In The Movies
Some of the movies in which you can find scenes of Petaluma are:
American Graffiti (1973)
Heroes (1977)
Cujo (1983)
Explorers (1985)
Howard the Duck (1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Phenomenon (1996)
Max, 13 (1997)
Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
Flubber (1997)
Lolita (1997)
Videoplasty (1998)
Pleasantville (1998)
Mumford (1999)
The Hamiltons (2005)
Molotov Alva (2007)
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