JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<select id="finder-3--16">
    <option value="blah">Default</option>
    <option value="125921">whatever label you want</option>
</select>
<a href="#yearselect" data-select="125921">2009</a>

JavaScript

var $select = $('#finder-3--16');
  $('a[href="#yearselect"]').click(function () {
    $select.val( $(this).data('select') );
  });