Birds Landing (also Bird's Landing) is an

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in southern

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, United States. It lies at the intersection of Collinsville and Montezuma Hills Roads, southeast of the city of Fairfield, the

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of Solano County. Situated just north of the

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, the community is located midway between

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and

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. Birds Landing has its own ZIP code (94512) but presently no

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; the previous post office closed in 2001.Bowen, Jerry,
"Once flourishing, town now echoes history"
Retrieved November 22, 2014

History

Onetime shipping point for John Bird, who had a storage and commission business.

Demographics

The population was 130 in 2000; there were 66 men and 64 women. The generational makeup was 7 under five years, 8 five to nine years, 10 ten to fourteen, 11 fifteen to nineteen, 13 twenty to twenty-four, 10 twenty-five to thirty-four, 18 thirty-five to forty-four, 24 forty-five to fifty-four, 8 fifty-five to fifty-nine, 6 sixty to sixty-four, 11 sixty-four to seventy-four, 4 seventy-five to eighty-four, and 0 over the age of eighty-five. The median age was 41.3. Of the 100 over the age of eighteen, 53 were male and 47 were female. 92 were twenty-one and over. 15 were over the age of sixty-five, with 8 males and 7 females. The average owner-owned home housed 2.45 people, compared to 3.62 for renter-occupied homes.
Relocation Now, access date, U.S. Census 2000, July 20, 2008 47% of the population spoke English as their primary language while 53% did not; of those 53%, 29% spoke Spanish and 24% spoke "Other Indic languages".94512 entry
, American Fact Finder/U.S. Census 2000 (at MLA Data Center), access date July 20, 2008

Gallery

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References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Solano County, California

History

Demographics

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