Batavia is an

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, United States. Batavia is along a railroad line southwest of Dixon. It was a California Pacific Railroad station that was named around 1870 for the Latin name of

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. Batavia reportedly was platted in 1868 and had several streets laid out, but it primarily consisted of a train depot and a few residences. The warehouses were destroyed in a fire in 1917. Batavia declined after highway travel largely replaced rail travel.

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