Forestville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States.

This phrase appears on license plate holders sold at the local hardware store.

According to Sonoma State University professor Jonah Raskin, Forestville "was a gathering place for bohemians and writers and artists, circa 1900.

"[3] Today businesses in the town consist of one gas station, one bar, one hardware store, a grocery store, two convenience markets, a pharmacy, several churches, a number of restaurants, a post office, an assortment of small businesses, a full time fire station operated by Sonoma County Fire District, a volunteer-run Youth Park, and three ATMs.

The annual Forestville Youth Park Parade is held each June as a fund-raising event.

[3] Forestville is located in central Sonoma County, about 60 miles (97 km) north of San Francisco.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.3 square miles (14 km2), all of it land.

Near Forestville is the confluence of the Laguna de Santa Rosa and Mark West Creek with the Russian River.

South of Forestville are found the endangered Pitkin Marsh lily and White sedge.

To the north are the Russian River, Steelhead Beach Park, and Mount Jackson; to the west are the Redwood forests; and to the East and South are many rolling hills on which are planted wine grape vineyards and apple orchards.

There were 1,605 housing units at an average density of 305.3 per square mile (117.9/km2), of which 70.2% were owner-occupied and 29.8% were occupied by renters.

In the 2020 election, Forestville supported Democratic nominee Joe Biden over Republican incumbent Donald Trump by a margin of 56 percentage points, a slight increase from the 2016 election where Forestville supported Hillary Clinton by 5-6 percentage points less than they did Biden.

To the north of downtown is River Road, itself connecting the northern part of Forestville to the coastal community of Jenner in the west and access roads to both U.S. Route 101 and the Sonoma County Airport, the closest air link with commercial service to Forestville, to the east.