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36-540: Lasseter Family Winery is a winery located in Glen Ellen , Sonoma County , California . The winery was founded in 2000 by Pixar film director John Lasseter and his wife, Nancy Lasseter. The winery, once inhabited by the Grand Cru Winery, produces approximately 1,200 cases of French red wine blends annually, with the capacity to produce up to 6,000. The winery grows Bordeaux and Rhône varietals on 27 acres. One of

72-421: A CDP have no legal status and may not always correspond with the local understanding of the area or community with the same name. However, criteria established for the 2010 census require that a CDP name "be one that is recognized and used in daily communication by the residents of the community" (not "a name developed solely for planning or other purposes") and recommend that a CDP's boundaries be mapped based on

108-540: A family was $ 54,219. Males had a median income of $ 50,714 versus $ 35,952 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $ 22,680. About 11.5% of families and 14.8% of the population were below the poverty line , including 16.8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. Writer Jack London lived in Glen Ellen from 1909 to his death in 1916, where he devoted much of his time to development of his Beauty Ranch and

144-420: A population of 784. The population density was 372.7 inhabitants per square mile (143.9/km ). The racial makeup of Glen Ellen was 693 (88.4%) White , 3 (0.4%) African American , 9 (1.1%) Native American , 16 (2.0%) Asian , 3 (0.4%) Pacific Islander , 18 (2.3%) from other races , and 42 (5.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 67 persons (8.5%). The Census reported that 98.3% of

180-455: A population of at least 10,000. For the 1970 Census , the population threshold for "unincorporated places" in urbanized areas was reduced to 5,000. For the 1980 Census , the designation was changed to "census designated places" and the designation was made available for places inside urbanized areas in New England. For the 1990 Census , the population threshold for CDPs in urbanized areas

216-506: Is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma Valley , Sonoma County, California , United States. The population was 784 at the 2010 census , down from 992 at the 2000 census . Glen Ellen is the location of Jack London State Historic Park (including the Wolf House ), Sonoma Valley Regional Park, and a former home of Hunter S. Thompson . The whole of Glen Ellen was severely damaged by

252-535: Is a private, 3 ft ( 914 mm ) narrow gauge railroad that runs through the winery's Syrah vineyard. A trademark for the railroad's name was filed by the Lasseter family through a trust in 2010, but was abandoned in 2013. Despite the trademark abandonment, the railroad has continued to expand after 2013, per satellite imagery. An image of the railroad is featured on the label for the winery's Chemin de Fer wine. An H.K. Porter steam locomotive built in 1901,

288-608: Is open to the public. Dunbar School is the second oldest school in California. Currently it comprises grades K-5 and is part of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District . In the California State Legislature , Glen Ellen is in the 2nd Senate District , represented by Democrat Mike McGuire , and in the 4th Assembly District , represented by Democrat Cecilia Aguiar-Curry . In

324-922: Is part of the Sonoma Mountain AVA . Like all the communities in Sonoma Valley , Glen Ellen is home to many vineyards and wineries including B.R. Cohn Winery, Benziger Family Winery, Mayo Family Winery, and Valley of the Moon Winery. Quarryhill Botanic Garden , located near Glen Ellen, is a research botanical garden housing with one of the largest collections of temperate Asian plants in North America. Quarryhill's collection includes rare species such as Acer pentaphyllum , Cornus capitata , Holboellia coriacea , Illicium simonsii , and Rosa chinensis var. spontanea , all native to Sichuan, China, as well as extensive collections of various wild Asian dogwoods, lilies, magnolias, maples, oaks, roses, and rhododendrons. Quarryhill

360-643: The 1890 Census , in which the Census mixed unincorporated places with incorporated places in its products with "town" or "village" as its label. This made it confusing to determine which of the "towns" were or were not incorporated. The 1900 through 1930 Censuses did not report data for unincorporated places. For the 1940 Census , the Census Bureau compiled a separate report of unofficial, unincorporated communities of 500 or more people. The Census Bureau officially defined this category as "unincorporated places" in

396-455: The 1950 Census and used that term through the 1970 Census. For the 1950 Census, these types of places were identified only outside " urbanized areas ". In 1960 , the Census Bureau also identified unincorporated places inside urbanized areas (except in New England , whose political geography is based on the New England town , and is distinctly different from other areas of the U.S.), but with

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432-459: The Marie E. is used for traction, and can pull a small gondola and caboose. The Marie E. and its consist were once owned by Ollie Johnston , one of Walt Disney's Nine Old Men , and originally ran on Johnston's private Deer Lake Park & Julian Railroad until they were sold in 1993. The train was sold to John Lasseter around 2002. On May 10, 2005, the Marie E. locomotive and its caboose became

468-716: The Marie E. locomotive on the Disneyland Railroad as part of festivities that marked the railroad's reopening after a year-long closure for construction of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge , this time pulling the locomotive Chloe and a train car from the Southern California Railway Museum , (SCRM), formerly the Orange Empire Railway Museum , (OERM), in Perris, California . Chloe and the train car were previously owned by Ward Kimball , another one of

504-519: The Mexico–United States border , and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs. The boundaries of any CDP may change from decade to decade, and the Census Bureau may de-establish a CDP after a period of study, then re-establish it some decades later. Most unincorporated areas within the United States are not and have not been included in any CDP. The boundaries of

540-584: The Nine Old Men , and ran on the Grizzly Flats Railroad located in his backyard. Chloe was donated to the SCRM in 2006 and arrived there in 2007. The Grizzly Flats Railroad also consisted of a water tower and depot. They were sold to John Lasseter in 2007. The depot building was originally built as a set piece for the 1949 Disney film So Dear to My Heart . Glen Ellen, California Glen Ellen

576-585: The United States House of Representatives , Glen Ellen is in California's 5th congressional district , represented by Republican Tom McClintock . Census-designated place A census-designated place ( CDP ) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as

612-455: The census of 2000, there were 992 people, 340 households, and 219 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 473 inhabitants per square mile (183/km ). There were 387 housing units at an average density of 185/sq mi (71/km ). The racial makeup of the CDP was 89.4% White , 1.9% African American , 1.2% Native American , 1.2% Asian , 0.40% Pacific Islander , 2.7% from other races , and 3.1% from two or more races. 8.5% of

648-893: The Lasseters brought aboard winemaker Julia Iantosca. Iantosca had spent time as the winemaker at Stevenot Vineyards in Murphys, William Wheeler Winery and Lambert Bridge Winery, both in Healdsburg, and worked closely with consulting winemaker Merry Edwards, who helped inspire Iantosca's love of blended wines. In 2011, they introduced their winery’s new package. The packaging highlights original proprietary names for their Enjoué Rosé, Chemin de Fer, Amoureux and Paysage with labels designed by internationally acclaimed, long-time Sonoma Valley artist Dennis Ziemienski. Later that same year, they unveiled their eco-friendly, state-of-the-art winery and began accepting visitors by appointment only. The Justi Creek Railway

684-480: The Lasseters' winemaking mentors was Jess Jackson , of Kendall-Jackson . In 2000, after several years of amateur wine-making, the Lasseters bought 50 bare acres in Glen Ellen and planted syrah, grenache and mourvedre Rhône varieties . They bought an adjoining 35-acre property in 2002 with merlot and cabernet sauvignon grapes, then added malbec and cabernet franc to create the French red wine blends they prefer. In 2005,

720-611: The Nuns Fire during the October 2017 Northern California wildfires . In 1859, Charles V. Stuart purchased a part of the Rancho Agua Caliente land grant and in 1868 began building a house there, eventually establishing a 1,000-acre (4.0 km ) vineyard he named Glen Ellen after his wife. The town that grew up around the vineyard also came to be called Glen Ellen, and Stuart's home was later renamed Glen Oaks Ranch. In October 2017,

756-409: The area was badly affected by wildfire . Glen Ellen is about 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of the city of Sonoma . The United States Census Bureau fixes the total area at 2.1 square miles (5.4 km ), 99.95% of it land and 0.05% covered by water. Sonoma Creek , the principal river of the Sonoma Valley , flows through Glen Ellen. The 2010 United States Census reported that Glen Ellen had

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792-484: The boundaries for CDPs. The PSAP was to be offered to county and municipal planning agencies during 2008. The boundaries of such places may be defined in cooperation with local or tribal officials, but are not fixed, and do not affect the status of local government or incorporation; the territories thus defined are strictly statistical entities. CDP boundaries may change from one census to the next to reflect changes in settlement patterns. Further, as statistical entities,

828-419: The boundaries of the CDP may not correspond with local understanding of the area with the same name. Recognized communities may be divided into two or more CDPs while on the other hand, two or more communities may be combined into one CDP. A CDP may also cover the unincorporated part of a named community, where the rest lies within an incorporated place. By defining an area as a CDP, that locality then appears in

864-512: The building of his mansion, Wolf House . Many of his novels and stories, notably The Iron Heel and The Valley of the Moon mention Glen Ellen and Sonoma County. (" The Valley of the Moon " is a translation of Sonoma Valley 's name given by the Pomo and Coast Miwok peoples.) The site of his ranch is now Jack London State Historic Park , which contains the ruins of Wolf House, several ranch buildings,

900-518: The counterparts of incorporated places , such as self-governing cities , towns , and villages , for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, edge cities , colonias located along

936-710: The first privately owned rolling stock allowed to run on the Disneyland Railroad . This occurred during a private ceremony to honor Ollie Johnston, and allowed him to reunite with and drive his former locomotive. In May 2007 and again in June 2010, the locomotive (driven by John Lasseter) visited the Pacific Coast Railroad in Santa Margarita, California where it operated alongside the original Disneyland Railroad Retlaw 1 coaches. On July 28, 2017, Lasseter again drove

972-788: The geographic extent associated with inhabitants' regular use of the named place. There is no provision, however, that this name recognition be unanimous for all residents, or that all residents use the community for which the CDP is named for services provided therein. There is no mandatory correlation between CDP names or boundaries and those established for other human purposes, such as post office names or zones, political precincts, or school districts. The Census Bureau states that census-designated places are not considered incorporated places and that it includes only census-designated places in its city population list for Hawaii because that state has no incorporated cities. In addition, census city lists from 2007 included Arlington County, Virginia 's CDP in

1008-738: The grave of Jack and Charmian London, and a museum housed in Charmian London's "House of Happy Walls". The Sonoma Developmental Center is located just outside Glen Ellen near the Jack London ranch. Its predecessor, the California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble Minded Children, was the setting for Jack London's story "Told in the Drooling Ward." Glen Ellen is located in the Wine Country and

1044-543: The list with the incorporated places, but since 2010, only the Urban Honolulu CDP, Hawaii, representing the historic core of Honolulu, Hawaii , is shown in the city and town estimates. The Census Bureau reported data for some unincorporated places as early as the first census in 1790 (for example, Louisville, Kentucky , which was not legally incorporated in Kentucky until 1828), though usage continued to develop through

1080-585: The population lived in households and 1.7% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters. There were 364 households, out of which 74 (20.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 172 (47.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 26 (7.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 14 (3.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 23 (6.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 6 (1.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 122 households (33.5%) were made up of individuals, and 34 (9.3%) had someone living alone who

1116-414: The population were Hispanic . There were 340 households, out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18, 49.4% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. 25.0% of all households consisted of individuals, and 3.8% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size

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1152-457: The same category of census data as incorporated places. This distinguishes CDPs from other census classifications, such as minor civil divisions (MCDs), which are in a separate category. The population and demographics of the CDP are included in the data of county subdivisions containing the CDP. Generally, a CDP shall not be defined within the boundaries of what the Census Bureau regards to be an incorporated city, village or borough. However,

1188-406: Was 2.91. The age distribution was as follows: 28.6% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 33.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 120.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $ 52,143, and the median income for

1224-469: Was 51.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males. There were 421 housing units at an average density of 200.2 per square mile (77.3/km ), of which 60.4% were owner-occupied and 39.6% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.0%. 60.5% of the population lived in owner-occupied housing units and 37.9% lived in rental housing units. As of

1260-406: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12. There were 212 families (58.2% of all households); the average family size was 2.67. The population was spread out, with 126 people (16.1%) under the age of 18, 37 people (4.7%) aged 18 to 24, 142 people (18.1%) aged 25 to 44, 376 people (48.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 103 people (13.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

1296-477: Was reduced to 2,500. From 1950 through 1990, the Census Bureau specified other population requirements for unincorporated places or CDPs in Alaska , Puerto Rico , island areas, and Native American reservations . Minimum population criteria for CDPs were dropped with the 2000 Census . The Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) allows designated participants to review and suggest modifications to

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