Windsor

Windsor is an incorporated town in Sonoma County, California, United States. The population was 26,801 as of the 2010 census. Windsor is located on U.S. Route 101 in the Russian River valley, about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Healdsburg, California. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 7.3 square miles (19 km), 99.66% of it land and 0.34% of it water. Windsor is 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Russian River. Although first settled by European Americans in 1851, Windsor was not incorporated until July 1, 1992. Pony Express Rider, Hiram Lewis, became the town's first postmaster in 1855. He named the town Windsor because it reminded him of the grounds around Windsor Castle. In 1915, the Old Redwood Highway...