Sebastopol

Sebastopol is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States, with a recorded population of 7,521 at the 2020 census. It was once primarily a plum- and apple-growing region and became known as the Gravenstein Apple Capital of the World. The town formed in the 1850s with a post office and as a small trade center for surrounding farms; its settlement was originally called Pine Grove, and the name Sebastopol has historically been attributed to a bar fight in the late 1850s compared to the Allied siege of the seaport of Sevastopol in the Crimean War. The railroad reached it in 1890 and it was incorporated in 1902. The Barlow, a former agricultural warehouse complex converted into a market for dining, tasting rooms and art, has made it a Wine Country destination. The city hosts an annual Apple Blossom Festival in April and a Gravenstein Apple Fair in August.