Rockville is a small
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in northern-central
Solano County
Solano County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 453,491. The county seat is Fairfield.
Solano County comprises the Vallejo–Fairfield metropolitan statistical area, which is a ...
,
California
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, southwest of
Fairfield and closest to
Cordelia
Cordelia is a feminine given name. It was borne by the tragic heroine of Shakespeare's ''King Lear'' (1606), a character based on the legendary queen Cordelia. The name is of uncertain origin. It is popularly associated with Latin '' cor'' (gen ...
.
Yulyul, the main village of the
Suisunes The Suisunes (also called the Suisun and the "People of the West Wind") were a Patwin tribe of Wintun people, originating in the Suisun Bay and Suisun Marsh regions of Solano County in Northern California. Their traditional homelands stretched bet ...
(a
Patwin
The Patwin (also Patween and Southern Wintu) are a band of Wintun people in Northern California. The Patwin comprise the southern branch of the Wintun group, native inhabitants of California since approximately 500.
Today, Patwin people are en ...
people of the
Suisun Bay
Suisun Bay ( ; Wintun for "where the west wind blows") is a shallow tidal estuary (a northeastern extension of the San Francisco Bay) in Northern California. It lies at the confluence of the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River, forming the e ...
region), is believed to be where Rockville is located today.
The main economic activities are farming, tourism, and the large regional Rockville Cemetery.
Tourism
Rockville is the home of the
Rockville Hills Regional Park
Rockville Hills Regional Park is a 633-acre (~256 hectare, 2.56 square kilometer) regional park in the city of Fairfield, Solano County, California, United States. The park is known for its volcanic rocks, thin topsoil, grasses, and blue oak tre ...
,
consisting of 633 acres of grasslands and oak woodlands, with a dense mixed broadleaf forest through which there are many hiking and biking trails.
References
External links
Rockville Hills Regional Park on Facebook
History
Article 'Preserving the past: Native heritage stands firm in county' by Adrienne Harris, published November 28, 2013 in the Fairfield ''Daily Republic''Article 'In search of Chief Solano / Suisun warrior vital part of local history' by Paul McHugh, published November 21, 2002 for ''The San Francisco Chronicle''Article 'Chief Solano’s grave site is shrouded in mystery', an archive of the monthly local history column "Solano In Retrospect" written by Nancy Dingler for the ''Daily Republic'' newspaper in Fairfield
*[http://www.bellavistaranch.net/suisun_history/stonedene-part1-goerke.html Article 'Exploring a Mansion’s Storied Past: Part I of the Stonedene Story' by Sabine Goerke-Shrode, published August 3, 2003 in the ''Vacaville Reporter'']
Former Native American populated places in California
Unincorporated communities in California
Unincorporated communities in Solano County, California
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