thumb|Analy Township in the 1890s
'''Analy Township''' was a 19th-century township in Sonoma County, California, encompassing land that is now the towns of Sebastopol and Forestville.<ref name=ofarrell>{{cite web |last1=Dawson |first1=Arthur |title=Sense of Place: How Analy got its name |url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2015/07/31/sense-of-place-how-analy-got-its-name/ |publisher=The Press Democrat |access-date=27 March 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260327100540/https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2015/07/31/sense-of-place-how-analy-got-its-name/ |archive-date=27 March 2026 |date=31 July 2015}}</ref>
The name Analy comes from Annaly, a historic Irish lordship. Surveyor and politician Jasper O'Farrell owned the land in western Sonoma County (near present-day Occidental) that he named Annaly Ranch. After his death, some of the surrounding land was named Analy Township, parts of which were later incorporated as Sebastopol.<ref name=ofarrell/>
Analy High School takes its name from the ranch.<ref name=ofarrell/>
According to the 1920 United States census, Analy Township had a population of 6,526.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bulletin – Population : California. Number of Inhabitants, by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions. |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=27 March 2026}}</ref>
==References==
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Category:Former populated places in California