Napa is the largest city and

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Napa County Napa County () is a County (United States), county north of San Pablo Bay located in the Northern California, northern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 138,019. The county seat i ...

and a principal city of

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, United States. Located in the North Bay region of the

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, the city had a population of 77,480 as of the end of 2021. Napa is a major tourist destination in California, known for its wineries, restaurants, and arts culture.

History

The origin of the word "Napa" is disputed. The word "napa" is of Native American derivation and has been variously translated as "grizzly bear", "house", "motherland" or "fish". Of the many explanations of the name's origin, the most plausible seems to be that it is derived from the Patwin word ''napo'', meaning "house". Further adding confusion, Napa was originally spelled with two Ps: Nappa. There are maps and deeds dating back to the mid-1850s bearing this spelling. Shortly thereafter, the present spelling was adopted; the reasons for this are unclear.

Mexican era

At the time of the first recorded exploration into Napa Valley in 1823, the majority of the inhabitants consisted of Native Americans. Padre José Altimira, founder of

Mission San Francisco Solano Mission San Francisco Solano was the 21st, last, and northernmost mission in Alta California. It was named for Saint Francis Solanus. It was the only mission built in Alta California after Mexico gained independence from Spain. The difficult ...

in Sonoma, led the expedition. Spanish priests converted some natives; the rest were attacked and dispersed by Mexican soldiers. The first American settlers began arriving in the area in the 1830s.

Post-Conquest era

Prior to the American

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, Napa Valley was in California's District of Sonoma. At the time, its boundaries also included Lake County to the north. By this time, the indigenous people were either working as field laborers or living in small bands in the hills surrounding the valley. Tensions between the white settlers and Native Americans broke into war in 1850, resulting in soldiers hunting down and massacring all the natives they could find, driving the remainder north toward Clear Lake. By 1870, the Native American population consisted of only a few laborers and servants working for the white settlers. The City of Napa was founded by

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in 1847. General

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo Don Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (July 4, 1807 – January 18, 1890) was a Californio general, statesman, and public figure. He was born a subject of Spain, performed his military duties as an officer of the Republic of Mexico, and shaped the tran ...

had paid to survey for a township downriver at Soscol Landing, where riverboats could turn around prior to Napa's founding. Instead, the Napa town site was surveyed on property Coombs had received from Nicolas Higuera, original holder of the

Rancho Entre Napa Rancho Entre Napa was a Mexican land grant in present-day Napa County, California given in 1836 by Governor Mariano Chico to Nicholas Higuera. The grant extended along the west bank of the Napa River from present-day Napa south to Carneros Creek ...

, a

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. The first record of a ship navigating the river was the ''Susana'' in 1842, though by 1850 the ''Dolphin'' became the first passenger steamship to navigate the

Napa River The Napa River is a river approximately long in the U.S. state of California. It drains a famous wine-growing region called the Napa Valley, in the mountains north of the San Francisco Bay. Milliken Creek and Mt. Veeder watersheds are a f ...

in order to open another path of commerce. In the mid-1850s, Napa's Main Street rivaled that of many larger cities, with as many as 100 saddle horses tied to the fences on an average afternoon.

John Patchett John Patchett (1797–1876) was the first person to plant a commercial vineyard and build a commercial wine cellar in the Napa Valley in California. Patchett planted his vineyard in 1854 and started making wine in 1857. Patchett established hi ...

opened the first commercial winery in the county in 1859. The ''

Napa Valley Register The ''Napa Valley Register'' is a daily newspaper located in Napa, California. History The paper began publication on August 10, 1863. By 1864, the newspaper had dropped “Valley” from its name, becoming simply the ''Napa Register'', until ...

'', founded by J.I. Horrell and L. Hoxie Strong, made its debut on August 10, 1863, with weekly publications until becoming a daily newspaper in 1872. The

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of the late 1850s expanded Napa City. A tent city was erected along Main Street. Many cattle ranches were maintained, and the lumber industry had greatly expanded. Sawmills in the valley were in operation cutting up timber that was hauled by team to Napa and then shipped out on the river to

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and

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. In 1858, the great silver rush began in Napa Valley, and miners eagerly flocked to the eastern hills. In the 1860s, mining carried on, in a large scale, with quicksilver mines operating in many areas of Napa County. The most noted mine was the Silverado Mine, near the summit of

Mount Saint Helena Mount Saint Helena (Wappo: Kanamota, "Human Mountain") is a peak in the Mayacamas Mountains with flanks in Napa, Sonoma, and Lake counties of California. Composed of uplifted volcanic rocks from the Clear Lake Volcanic Field, it is one of the ...

. At this time, the first wave of rural, foreign laborers from coastal villages of China's Canton province arrived in California and at Napa County mines. A settlement for Chinese laborers in Napa was established in the early 1860s. At its peak from the 1880s to the early 1900s, the Chinese population grew to a population of over 300 people. In 1869, F. A. Sawyer established Sawyer Tanning Company in Napa and was joined in the business by his father B. F. Sawyer a year later. It went on to become the largest tannery west of the

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. The world-famous

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or Napa leather was invented by Emanuel Manasse in Napa in 1875 while working at the Sawyer Tanning Company. Napa was incorporated on March 23, 1872, and reincorporated in 1874 as the City of Napa. The

Napa State Hospital Napa State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Napa, California, founded in 1875. It is located along California State Route 221, the Napa-Vallejo Highway, and is one of California's five state mental hospitals. Napa State Hospital holds civil ...

received its first patients in 1876. The

Napa Valley Opera House The Napa Valley Opera House is a historic multi-venue performance space in Napa, California currently home to Blue Note Napa and JaM Cellars Ballroom. Early days The theater opened on February 13, 1880, with a production of Gilbert and Sullivan' ...

became popular after its debut on February 13, 1880, with a production of

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's ''

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'', but it later languished and was closed for many years. It was reestablished in the 1980s.

Modern era

Napa had become the primary business and economic center for the Napa Valley by the dawn of the 20th century. The

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was established in 1905 for passenger and freight service. The railroad carried passengers from ferry boats in Vallejo to stops in Napa and other locations in the valley. As agricultural and wine interests developed north of the city limits, much of the light industry, banking, commercial and retail activity in the county evolved within the city of Napa and in earlier times along the Napa River through the historic downtown. Napa Glove Factory was established in 1903 and was the largest plant of its kind west of

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. Edwin Pridham and Peter L. Jensen invented the moving-coil loudspeaker in 1915 in their Napa workshop while working on an improvement for the telephone receiver. Pridham and Jensen went on to found the

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Company in 1917. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Napa was known for having a sizable

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, with

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s primarily concentrated on and around Clinton Street. Following studies made by the

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in 1930–40s, the

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authorized channel improvements on Napa River and construction of a dam on Conn Creek as part of the

Flood Control Act of 1944 The Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944 (P.L. 78–534), enacted in the 2nd session of the 78th Congress, is U.S. legislation that authorized the construction of numerous dams and modifications to previously existing dams, as well as levees ac ...

, though funding was never approved. The City of Napa funded and built the dam in order to create the water conservation reservoir

Lake Hennessey Lake Hennessey is a reservoir in the Vaca Mountains, east of St. Helena, California, St. Helena and the Napa Valley, within Napa County, California. The reservoir is formed by Conn Creek Dam, built in across Conn Creek. Construction of the eart ...

in 1948; however, flooding continued to be a problem. Grove_-_Stierch_-_April_2019_02

The 1986 Napa River flood revived public interest in finding a remedy. After a plan to widen the river channel proposed by the Army Corps of Engineers was presented in 1995 and roundly rejected, a group of special interests called Friends of the River formed, which built consensus on a "living river" plan. Voters in the County of Napa narrowly approved an increase of sales tax in a March 1998 election to fund the Napa River Flood Project. In 2005, the Napa River again flooded the entire downtown area and destroyed 1,000 homes across the county. An ambitious redevelopment plan encompassing several blocks of downtown Napa's retail property was undertaken by the city in the early 1970s, though it did little to improve the city's economy. Downtown Napa finally began to recover and emerge from a long economic slumber in the 2000s, triggered by a significant growth in Main Street restaurants and hotels. The redevelopment of First and Main streets and the Napa Mill complex helped to stimulate investments along the Napa riverfront. In 2014, the Napa area was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake centered northwest of nearby

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. In October 2017, the

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and Partrick Fires burned several parts of Napa County (see also

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Geography

According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.67%, is water. Napa was the first location in California to be part of the North Coast

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. Renowned for its wine due to the Mediterranean climate, surprisingly only about 9% of Napa's acreage is planted with grapes. The

traverses the city on its journey to the

San Pablo Bay San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of the San Francisco Bay in the East Bay and North Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California. Most of the Bay is shallow; however, there is a deep wate ...

. The city has conducted a variety of waterfront development along the banks of the river, including certain fill operations governed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers regulations. The Napa River Flood Project has been in progress since the late 1990s, with the goal of mitigating the risk of flooding along a stretch of the river and of Napa Creek.

Climate

Napa has a

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similar to many other parts of Northern California. Winters are cool and damp and summers are warm and dry. During the summer months rain is rare. Occasionally there may be a day or two of light rain in June and September. Heat waves do occur, with the temperatures rising above . Wildfires can be a problem during the summer months. The fall is pleasant and many people come to visit Napa at this time. The winters are quite wet and cool and flooding can be a problem. Nighttime temperatures occasionally drop below freezing (). The rainy season is from October to April and occasionally into May. Snow is rare. The hottest temperature recorded in Napa was on September 6, 2022, while the coldest was on December 22, 1990. The wettest "rain year" was from July 1982 to June 1983 with , and the driest from July 1923 to June 1924 with only . The most rainfall in one month was in December 1955.

Demographics

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Napa had a population of 79,246. The population density was . The racial makeup of Napa was 58.3%

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, 0.8%

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, 1.6% Native American, 2.6% Asian, 0.2%

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, 20.4% from other races, and 16.1% from two or more races.

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of any race were 39.8% of the population. The census reported that 97.0% of the population lived in households, 1.8% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 1.2% were institutionalized. There were 29,356 households, out of which 30.7% included children under the age of 18, 48.3% were married-couple households, 7.3% were

cohabiting Cohabitation is an arrangement where people who are not legally married live together as a couple. They are often involved in a romantic or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis. Such arrangements have become incr ...

couple households, 28.3% had a female householder with no partner present, and 16.1% had a male householder with no partner present. 26.5% of households were one person, and 13.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.62. There were 19,236

families Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...

(65.5% of all households). The age distribution was 20.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% aged 18 to 24, 26.9% aged 25 to 44, 26.4% aged 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 40.9years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. There were 31,071 housing units at an average density of , of which 29,356 (94.5%) were occupied. Of these, 56.2% were owner-occupied, and 43.8% were occupied by renters.

Economy

Napa's economy is characterized by its position as one of the principal cities of

, resulting in a significant portion of jobs in the city relating to wineries, restaurants, hotels, and other hospitality industries. The

is located in

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, an unincorporated area bordering the city of Napa. The Napa Valley Business Park is located adjacent to the

Napa County Airport Napa County Airport (Napa Valley Airport) is a public airport five miles (8 km) south of Napa, in Napa County, California, United States. It has three runways. During 2008 the airport's 1960-era control tower received extensive radio, plum ...

in an unincorporated area of Napa County. Employers in the area include

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and

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. ;Top employers The town's

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for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2020, lists the top ten employers in the City of Napa as the following:

Government

In the

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, Napa is in , and in . In the

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, Napa is in .

Transportation

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runs through Napa, connecting to Vallejo and the East Bay Area to the south and the Napa Wine Country to the north. CA-12 runs to the south of the city, connecting to Fairfield and

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to the east and Sonoma and US-101 to the west. Napa is also served by several airports:

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and San Francisco International to the south,

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northwest, and

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northeast.

to the south, also serves as a small public airport. Valley Intercity Neighborhood Express, more commonly known by the acronym "VINE Transit", is the

public transport Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of whic ...

ation service for Napa as well as for Napa County. It is managed under the Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency and is operated by

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ation. VINE has additional service throughout the county and has connections to other public transportation systems in the nearby counties. The Amtrak Thruway 7 bus makes daily stops in Napa to/from the Soscol Gateway Transit Center at 825 Burnell Street. From there, connections are available to Martinez to the south, and

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to the north. Wine Country Airport Shuttle, Napa Valley Airporter provides daily service to and from Oakland International Airport and San Francisco International Airport daily from their main office on CA-29.

Notable people

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, former

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player * Max Alvarez, soccer player * Alisa Bellettini, television producer, creator of ''

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'' *

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mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...

fighter * Phil Bonifield,

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driver * John Boyett, former NFL player * Warren Brusstar,

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player *

Bill Buckner William Joseph Buckner (December 14, 1949 – May 27, 2019) was an American first baseman and left fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for five teams from through , most notably the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Boston R ...

player * Cristina García, novelist * Mike Gibson, NFL player for the

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* Bill Green, former U.S. and NCAA record holder in Track and Field, 5th place in the hammer throw at the 1984 Olympic Games *

Steve Hendrickson Steven Daniel Hendrickson (August 30, 1966 – January 8, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). Hendrickson attended Napa High School where he was an outstanding varsity ...

, former

player * Adam Housley, Fox News correspondent * Josh Jackson, NBA player * Joe Kmak, MLB player for the

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and

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Jim Landis James Henry Landis (March 9, 1934 – October 7, 2017) was an American professional baseball player. Landis played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a center fielder on six teams from 1957 through 1967. While playing eight seasons for the Chica ...

, MLB player *

Ray Manzarek Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. ( Manczarek; February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013) was an American keyboardist. He is best known as a member of the rock band the Doors, co-founding the group in 1965 with fellow UCLA School of Theater, Film and Te ...

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keyboard player *

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, Professional Golfer *

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, photographer *

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, golfer *

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, musician *

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, Olympic

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bronze medalist *

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, Professional Cyclist for Cannondale-Garmin *

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, film score composer *

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, former

player and

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winner.

Sister cities

Napa's

sister cities A sister city or a twin town relationship is International relations, a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there ar ...

are: *

Casablanca Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...

, Chile * Iwanuma, Japan, since February 15, 1973 * Launceston, Australia

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