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Graton is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in western Sonoma County, ZIP code 95444, sitting at the southeastern end of Green Valley on the east bank of Atascadero Creek.

Graton marks the approximate furthest southern and eastern extent of Russian colonization in the Americas: in 1836, Yegor Chernykh, the agronomist of the Fort Ross colony, established a farm near present-day Graton and planted one of the first vineyards in the area.

Graton's farm economy was built on apples — above all the Gravenstein, a variety Russian settlers brought to Sonoma County — and its orchards and packing houses once defined the town.

Like most of rural Sonoma County, Graton's agriculture has shifted from apple orchards to wine-grape production, though a few historic apple farms remain, including Walker Apples, a sixth-generation family farm growing more than 80 heirloom varieties.

Despite its small size, Graton has earned a culinary reputation in Sonoma County that is credited to two restaurants in the area.

Graton was first counted as a census-designated place in the 1980 census, and its population peaked at 1,815 in 2000.

The 2020 census recorded 1,683 residents and 678 households in Graton, with an average household size of 2.46 and about 76% of occupied homes owner-occupied.

Graton has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate and is one of the wetter spots in Sonoma County, averaging about 40 inches of rain a year.

Graton children attend schools in the Oak Grove Union Elementary School District, and its high schoolers are in the West Sonoma County Union High School District.