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Geyserville is an unincorporated wine-country community and census-designated place in Sonoma County's Alexander Valley, on the Russian River along State Route 128 near U.S. Route 101.

The town grew up as the gateway to The Geysers, a complex of hot springs, fumaroles and steam vents discovered in the mountains above town in 1847, whose resort hotels went on to draw visitors including Mark Twain, Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore Roosevelt.

Geyserville was first known as Clairville, and the townsite sits on land that was part of the Rancho Tzabaco Mexican land grant.

When the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad was extended toward Cloverdale in the 1870s, its trains began stopping at Geyserville, anchoring the young town.

Prunes and pears were the valley's main crops for a century, until the wine boom of the 1970s replaced the orchards with vineyards - today Geyserville is surrounded by Alexander Valley wine country.

Two famous wine names are tied to the town: Silver Oak Cellars operates a winery in Geyserville, and Ridge Vineyards' celebrated 'Geyserville' bottling is named for it.

Bosworth & Son, the town's general store, has been operating since 1911 and houses a small museum of pioneer settler artifacts.

Geyserville's May Day Festival has been celebrated since 1925, making it one of Sonoma County's longest-running small-town traditions.

The 2020 census counted just 861 residents in Geyserville - even though the town's welcome sign long claimed a population of 1,600.

Geyserville has 302 households averaging 2.85 people, with about 73% of homes owner-occupied and roughly 40% of residents Hispanic or Latino.