Davis, California Davis, California Downtown Davis Downtown Davis Official logo of Davis, California Davis, California is positioned in the US Davis, California - Davis, California Davis is a town/city in the U.S.
State of California and the most crowded city in Yolo County.
It had a populace of 65,622 in 2010, not including the on-campus populace of the University of California, Davis, which was over 9,400 (not including students' families) in 2016. The town/city is a suburb of California's capital, Sacramento.
6.6 UC Davis Arboretum However, the postal service at Davisville shortened the town name simply to "Davis" in 1907.
The name stuck, and the town/city of Davis was incorporated on March 28, 1917. From its inception as a farming community, Davis has been known for its contributions to agricultural policy along with veterinary care and animal husbandry.
Following the passage of the University Farm Bill in 1905 by the California State Legislature, Governor George Pardee chose Davis out of 50 other sites as the future home to the University of California's University Farm, officially opening to students in 1908. The farm, later retitled the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture in 1922, was upgraded into the seventh UC general campus, the University of California, Davis, in 1959.
Davis is positioned in Yolo County, California, 11 mi (18 km) west of Sacramento, 70 mi (113 km) northeast of San Francisco, 385 mi (619 km) north of Los Angeles, at the intersection of Interstate 80 and State Route 113.
Davis lies in the Sacramento Valley, the northern portion of the Central San Joaquin Valley, in Northern California, at an altitude of about 16 m (52 ft) above sea level.
The Davis climate resembles that of close-by Sacramento and is typical of California's Central Valley Mediterranean climate regime: dry, hot summers and cool, rainy, winters.
Climate data for Davis, California (1981 2010 normals) Davis is internally divided by two freeways (Interstate 80 and State Route 113), a north south barns (California Northern), an east-west mainline (Union Pacific) and a several major streets.
Part of the UC Davis Arboretum Central Davis, north of Fifth Street and Russell Boulevard, south of Covell Blvd., east of SR 113, and west of the barns tracks running along G Street.
Within these boundaries is the officially denoted neighborhood of Old North Davis, which is sometimes also considered part of Downtown.
Downtown Davis, roughly the numbered-and-lettered grid north of I-80, south of Fifth Street, east of A Street, and west of the barns tracks, including the Aggie Village and Olive Drive areas. East Davis, north of I-80, south of Covell Blvd., and east of the barns tracks.
It includes the older, 'inner' East Davis of lettered streets and neighborhoods such as Davis Manor, Chestnut, and Rancho Yolo, as well as more distinct ly identified (in some cases walled-in) subdivisions such as Mace Ranch, Lake Alhambra Estates, and Wildhorse. North Davis, north of Covell Blvd.
North Davis includes Covell Park, Senda Nueva, Northstar, and North Davis Farms.
South Davis, south of I-80, and includes Willowbank.
El Macero, California, although outside the town/city limits, is sometimes considered part of South Davis; El Macero is part of the Davis Joint Unified School District, and El Macero kids who attend enhance schools attend Davis' enhance schools. West Davis, north of I-80 and west of SR 113.
West Davis includes Westwood, Evergreen, Aspen, Stonegate (west of Lake Boulevard and including Stonegate Lake and the Stonegate Country Club) and the eco-friendly Village Homes development, known for its solar-powered homes. The University of California, Davis is positioned south of Russell Boulevard and west of A Street and then south of 1st Street.
The territory occupied by the college is not incorporated inside the boundaries of the town/city of Davis and lies inside both Yolo and Solano Counties.
On November 14, 1984, the Davis City Council declared the town/city to be a nuclear-free zone. In 1998, the City passed a 'Dark Skies' ordinance in an accomplishment to reduce light pollution in the evening sky. Davis is part of the Sacramento Arden-Arcade Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Davis had a populace of 65,622.
The ethnic makeup of Davis was 42,571 (64.9%) White, 1,528 (2.3%) African American, 339 (0.5%) Native American, 14,355 (21.9%) Asian, 136 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 3,121 (4.8%) from other competitions, and 3,572 (5.4%) from two or more competitions.
In 2006, Davis was ranked as the second most educated town/city (in terms of the percentage of inhabitants with graduate degrees) in the US by CNN Money Magazine, after Arlington, Virginia. Davis' Asian populace of 14,355 was apportioned among 1,631 Indian Americans, 6,395 Chinese Americans, 1,560 Korean Americans, 1,185 Vietnamese Americans, 1,033 Filipino Americans, 953 Japanese Americans, and 1,598 other Asian Americans. Davis' Hispanic and Latino populace of 8,172 was apportioned among 5,618 Mexican American, 221 Puerto Rican American, 80 Cuban American, and 2,253 other Hispanic and Latino. The populace age and sex distribution was 10,760 citizens (16.4%) under the age of 18, 21,757 citizens (33.2%) aged 18 to 24, 14,823 citizens (22.6%) aged 25 to 44, 12,685 citizens (19.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 5,597 citizens (8.5%) who were 65 years of age or older.
The California Northern Railroad is based in Davis.
1 University of California, Davis 28,411 2 Davis Joint Unified School District 972 3 City of Davis 492 A improve currency scheme is in use in Davis, called Davis Dollars. Bicycling has been a prominent mode of transit in Davis for decades, especially among school-age kids and UC Davis students.
In 2010, Davis became the new home of the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame.
Davis racks Bicycle transit framework became a political copy in the 1960s, culminating in the election of a pro-bicycle majority to the City Council in 1966. By the early 1970s, Davis became a pioneer in the implementation of cycling facilities.
As a result, Davis inhabitants today appreciate an extensive network of bike lanes, bike paths, and grade-separated bicycle crossings. The flat terrain and temperate climate are also conducive to bicycling.
In 2005 the Bicycle-Friendly Community program of the League of American Bicyclists recognized Davis as the first Platinum Level town/city in the US In March 2006, Bicycling Magazine titled Davis the best small town for cycling in its compilation of "America's Best Biking Cities." Bicycling appears to be declining among Davis residents: from 1990 to 2000, the US Enumeration Bureau reported a diminish in the fraction of commuters traveling by bicycle, from 22 percent to 15 percent. This resulted in the reestablishment of the city's Bicycle Advisory Commission and creation of promote groups such as "Davis Bicycles!".
In 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2009 the UC Davis "Cal Aggie Cycling" Team won the nationwide road cycling competition. The team also competes off-road and on the track, and has competed in the nationwide competitions of these disciplines.
In 2007, UC Davis also organized a record breaking bicycle parade numbering 822 bicycles. The WEF is organized entirely by UC Davis students, in association with the Associated Students of UC Davis, the Experimental College, and the university.
Celebrate Davis is the annual no-charge festival held by the Davis Chamber of Commerce.
It features booths by Davis businesses, live music, food vendors, live animals, activities like modern climbing and zip-line.
Main article: Picnic Day (UC Davis) Picnic Day is an annual event at the University of California, Davis and is always held on the third Saturday in April.
Picnic Day starts off with a parade, which features the UC Davis California Aggie Marching Band-uh!, and runs through ground and around downtown Davis and ends with the Battle of the Bands, which lasts until the last band stops playing (sometimes until 2 am).
The Doxie Derby, held in the Pavilion; the Davis Rock Challenge, the Chemistry Magic Show, and the sheep dog trials.
Davis Transmedia Art Walk The Davis Transmedia Art Walk is a free, self-guided, enhance art tour includes 23 enhance murals, 16 sculptures, and 15 arcades and exhibitions all in downtown Davis and the University of Davis campus.
A no-charge Davis Art Walk map serves as a specified guide to the entire collection.
To pick up a copy of the Davis Art Walk map, visit the Yolo County Visitors Bureau (132 E St., Suite 200; (530) 297-1900) or the John Natsoulas Center for the Arts (521 1st St.; (530) 756-3938).
The Mondavi Center, positioned on the UC Davis campus, is one of the biggest non-seasonal attractions to Davis.
UC Davis Arboretum Main article: University of California, Davis, Arboretum The UC Davis Arboretum is an arboretum and botanical garden.
From April to October, the market hosts Picnic in the Park, with musical affairs and food sold from restaurant stands. The Davis Farmers Market won first place in the 2009, and second place in the 2010 America's Favorite Farmers Markets held by the American Farmland Trust under the large Farmers market classification. Davis has one daily newspaper, The Davis Enterprise, established in 1897.
UC Davis also has a weekly journal called The California Aggie which covers campus, small-town and nationwide news.
Davis Media Access, a improve media center, is the umbrella organization of tv station DCTV. There are also various commercial stations transmitting from close-by Sacramento.
Davis has two improve airways broadcasts: KDVS 90.3 FM, on the University of California campus, and KDRT 95.7 FM, a subsidiary of Davis Media Access and one of the first low-power FM airways broadcasts in the United States.
Davis' Toad Tunnel is a wildlife crossing that was constructed in 1995 and has drawn much consideration over the years, including a mention on The Daily Show.
Because of the building of an overpass, animal lovers worried about toads being killed by cars commuting from South Davis to North Davis, since the toads hopped from one side of a dirt lot (which the overpass replaced) to the reservoir at the other end.
Main article: University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis, or UC Davis, a ground of the University of California, had a 2015 Fall enrollment of 36,104 students. UC Davis has a dominant influence on the civil and cultural life of the town.
Also known as Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University and much lesser than UC Davis, D-Q University was a two-year institution positioned on Road 31 in Yolo County 6.7 miles (11 km) west of State Route 113.
This is just west of Davis near the Yolo County Airport.
An off-campus branch of Sacramento City College is positioned in Davis.
Davis' enhance school fitness is administrated by the Davis Joint Unified School District.
The town/city has nine enhance elementary schools (North Davis, Birch Lane, Pioneer Elementary, Patwin, Cesar Chavez, Robert E.
Korematsu at Mace Ranch, and Fairfield Elementary (which is outside the town/city limits but opened in 1866 and is Davis Joint Unified School District's earliest enhance school)).
Davis has one school for autonomous study (Davis School for Independent Study), three enhance junior high schools (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Frances Harper), one chief high school (Davis Senior High School), one alternative high school (Martin Luther King High School), and a small technology-based high school (Leonardo da Vinci High School).
Due to a diminish in the school-age populace in Davis, two of the elementary schools in south Davis may have their precinct boundaries changed, or magnet programs may be moved to equalize enrollment.
Valley Oak was closed after the 2007 08 school year, and their ground was granted to Da Vinci High (which had formerly been positioned in the back of Davis Senior High's campus) and a special-ed preschool.
At one time, Chavez and Willett were incorporated together to furnish elementary education K 6 to both English-speaking and Spanish immersion students in West Davis.
Cesar Chavez served grades K 3 and was called West Davis Elementary, and Robert E.
Willett (named for a long-time teacher at the school, now deceased) served grades 4 6 and was known as West Davis Intermediate.
Davis Waldorf School (Pre-K 8) See also: List of University of California, Davis faculty and List of University of California, Davis alumni These are some notable Davis residents, other than UC Davis faculty who were not previously from Davis.
Davis, state figure and pioneer, and namesake of Davis Stephen Robinson, astronaut (received bachelor's degree from UC Davis, 1978) Davis has eight sister metros/cities Lake Davis, California City of Davis.
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UC Davis Housing Introduction Davis: Historical Overview University of California History Retrieved on 02-17-08 a b "DAVIS 1 WSW, CALIFORNIA Climate Summary".
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City of Davis Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011 Retrieved October 24, 2012 Davis Dollars (n.d.).
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