Lakeville is an unincorporated community in Sonoma County, California, United States. It is located near the Petaluma River about 4 mi (6 km) southeast of Petaluma.
The main road is Lakeville Highway, which passes north-south through Lakeville on its way from State Route 116 to State Route 37.
Lakeville's name refers to Tolay Lake, about 2 mi (3 km) east of the town.
The Lakeville area was part of the Rancho Petaluma grant to Mariano Guadalupe Va...
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Lakeville is an unincorporated community in Sonoma County, California, United States. It is located near the Petaluma River about 4 mi (6 km) southeast of Petaluma.
The main road is Lakeville Highway, which passes north-south through Lakeville on its way from State Route 116 to State Route 37.
Lakeville's name refers to Tolay Lake, about 2 mi (3 km) east of the town.
The Lakeville area was part of the Rancho Petaluma grant to Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo by the Governor José Figueroa of Alta California in 1834.
In 1859, an emigrant named William Bihler purchased 8,000 acres (32 km) in the Lakeville area. In 1859 Bihler dynamited the natural dam of the historic Tolay Lake to drain the lake in order to raise potatoes and corn.
Settled by C. H. Bodwell, Lakeville became the terminus for a steamship route connecting San Francisco with Sonoma County. In the 1870s, Lakeville was a stop on the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad.
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