*** Source: Thompson, Robert A., Historical and descriptive sketch of Sonoma County, California. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1877, 122 pgs. Notice: This data is donated to the Public Domain by TAG, 2004, and may be copied freely by anyone to anywhere. *** ---page 49--- VALUE OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY BY TOWNSHIPS. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ |Amount of| Value of | Value | Value of | Value | Value of | Total TOWNSHIPS. | Money. | Personal | of | Improve- | of | Improve- | Value. | | Property.| land. | ments. | Town Lots | ments. | _______________|_________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ Analy......... | $10,388 | $186,680 | $888,033 | $160,545 | $20,095 | $34,185 | $1,299,926 Bodega........ | 2,589 | 133,593 | 445,155 | 55,900 | 5,480 | 14,825 | 657,542 Cloverdale.... | 800 | 99,145 | 109,148 | 56,115 | 17,790 | 60,025 | 343,023 Knight's Val'y | 425 | 24,002 | 58,633 | 18,360 | 615 | 2,225 | 104,260 Mendocino..... | 19,010 | 259,286 | 548,455 | 186,365 | 178,970 | 179,755 | 1,371,841 Ocean......... | 2,400 | 50,258 | 164,187 | 44,800 | 100 | 200 | 261,945 Petaluma...... | 36,239 | 430,456 | 1,109,690 | 301,432 | 388,602 | 410,134 | 2,676,553 Redwood....... | 760 | 41,440 | 74,315 | 25,100 | 5,850 | 14,170 | 161,635 Russian River. | 920 | 86,247 | 452,226 | 120,395 | 6,760 | 8,017 | 674,565 Salt Point.... | 500 | 108,954 | 180,962 | 55,945 | 31,550 | ...... | 377,911 Sonoma........ | 6,848 | 382,945 | 869,116 | 268,240 | 27,920 | 78,385 | 1,633,454 Santa Rosa.... | 42,995 | 545,185 | 1,436,572 | 399,980 | 579,765 | 554,845 | 3,559,342 Vallejo....... | 6,260 | 156,304 | 979,264 | 148,500 | 10,920 | 8,885 | 1,310,148 Washington.... | 2,350 | 53,305 | 217,521 | 48,840 | 6,145 | 5,025 | 333,186 |_________|__________ |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ Totals........ |$132,484 |$2,547,500 |$7,531,277 |$1,890,517 |$1,280,562 |$1,370,686 |$14,766,326 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad, including track............................ 404,590 Mining claims and improvements, possessory claims, etc............................... 144,117 ____________ Total value of all property.................................................... $15,315,0633 LAND AS GRADED BY THE ASSESSOR. The assessor classifies the lands of Sonoma county into four grades. The first grade, mountain land, is least valuable; the second grade is hillside land; the third grade is valley land; the fourth grade is bottom land, which is the richest and most valuable. Number of acres in first grade.............................................. 226,981 Number of acres in second grade............................................. 100,341 Number of acres in third grade.............................................. 165,929 Number of acres in fourth grade............................................. 234,510 ________ Total.................................................................. 727,761 ACTUAL CASH VALUE PER ACRE. First grade................................................................. $1 to $5 Second grade................................................................ 5 to 10 Third grade................................................................. 10 to 20 Fourth grade................................................................ 20 to over AVERAGE CASH VALUE PER ACRE. First grade.................................................................. $2 50 Second grade................................................................. 7 50 Third grade.................................................................. 15 00 Fourth grade................................................................. 30 00 TOTAL ACTUAL CASH VALUE. First grade.................................................................. $552,210 Second grade................................................................. 791,099 Third grade.................................................................. 2,361,391 Fourth grade................................................................. 3,826,577 __________ TOTAL................................................................$7,531,277 *** end ***