- People Power
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- When plans were first laid out in the 1950s to turn the former Rancho Cotate into the town of Rohnert Park, only four people resided on the 2,700-acre property
- Population at the time of incorporation in 1962: 2,775
- Population today: 44,546
- Source: U.S. Census estimate, 2023
- When plans were first laid out in the 1950s to turn the former Rancho Cotate into the town of Rohnert Park, only four people resided on the 2,700-acre property
- Call Me By My Name
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- The name of the city was chosen by vote: “Rohnert Park” preferred over “Cotati Park,” 398-128.
- Founding father
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- Paul Golis, one of the attorneys who first conceived of creating a city on the Rohnert seed farm, has been called the “Father of Rohnert Park.”
- Didn’t Overstay Welcome
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- Rohnert Park’s first mayor was Peter Callinan, elected in 1962. He resigned from the city council in 1963 to become city manager.
- Cities in Common
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- Rohnert Park is the sister city of Hashimoto, Japan.
- The planning concepts for Rohnert Park were inspired by Levittown, Pennsylvania, one of the first post-WWII planned communities in the U.S.
- Rohnert Park is the sister city of Hashimoto, Japan.
- Well-Known Grads
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- NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann graduated from Rancho Cotate High School in 1995; former MLB pitcher Brandon Morrow graduated from Rancho Cotate High School in 2003.
