Montezuma is a former

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

and township in Solano County,

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, located in the

California Delta California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

region of the state; the township, which embraced the hamlet, and several other places, such as Bird's Landing—which still exists—included portions of the

Montezuma Hills The Montezuma Hills comprise a small range of low-elevation hills at the northern banks of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and southwestern Sacramento Valley in California in the United States. Geography The Montezuma Hills are located in ...

. The name Montezuma was used in multiple places within Solano County by Mormon settlers during the period from 1847 to 1850. The hamlet was also a stop on the Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway (later absorbed into the

Sacramento Northern Railway The Sacramento Northern Railway (reporting mark SN) was a electric interurban railway that connected Chico in northern California with Oakland via the California capital, Sacramento. In its operation it ran directly on the streets of Oakland ...

), an electrified interurban passenger rail line that ran, with the help of a ferry across

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 ent ...

, from

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, through

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, across the bay, and into Solano County, making stops at Chipps and Dutton, before passing through Montezuma on its way to

Rio Vista, California Rio Vista (Spanish: ''Río Vista'', meaning "River View") is a city located in the eastern end of Solano County, California, in the Sacramento River Delta region of Northern California. The population was 7,360 at the 2010 census. Geography Rio ...

. The railway stop was located approximately a mile and a half northwest of present-day Collinsville, just after the rail line swung due north, from its north-easterly trajectory from the ferry landing at

Chipps Island Chipps Island is a small island in Suisun Bay, California. It is part of Solano County. It is also known as Knox Island, Its coordinates are by which name it appears on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold ...

, at the Suisun Bay shoreline.

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* (Flash file, probably difficult to view) * * Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Solano County, California {{SolanoCountyCA-geo-stub