City of Napa A view of the town/city at the Napa River waterfront A view of the town/city at the Napa River waterfront Location in Napa County and the state of California Location in Napa County and the state of California County Napa The town/city of Napa is the biggest city and governmental center of county of Napa County, California.
It is the principal town/city of the Napa County Metropolitan Statistical Area, with a populace of 80,011 as of the 2010 census.
Napa was incorporated as a town/city in 1872.
The Napa County Administration Building Beavers have recolonized the Napa River.
The name "Napa" was probably derived from the name given to a southern Nappan village whose native citizens shared the region with elk, deer, grizzlies and cougars for many centuries, as stated to Napa historian Kami Santiago.
At the time of the first recorded exploration into Napa Valley in 1823, the majority of the inhabitants consisted of Native American Indians.
Before California was granted statehood in 1849, the Napa Valley was in the Territory of California's District of Sonoma.
In 1850 when counties were first organized, Napa became one of the initial counties of California.
The City of Napa was established by Nathan Coombs in 1847. It was not the plan of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo.
John Sutter's schooner the Sacramento landed in 1844 to pick up a load of lime and bring passengers. By 1850 the Dolphin became the first passenger steamship to navigate the Napa River 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.
The Napa Valley Register established by J.I.
The California Gold Rush of the late 1850s period Napa City.
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 Benicia and San Francisco.
In 1858 the great silver rush began in Napa Valley, and miners eagerly flocked to the easterly hills.
In the 1860s, quarrying carried on, in a large scale, with quicksilver mines operating in many areas of Napa County.
At this time, the first wave of rural, foreign workers from coastal villages of China's Canton province appeared in California, and at Napa County mines.
This condition set in motion a clash that resulted in the White Workingman's Party movement; Napa Valley vintner Charles Krug was treasurer of that party.
In the 1880s, these illiterate young men from the hillside villages of Valbrevenna signed contracts as "bracianti" with shipping companies for passage to work in Napa County silver mines at Knoxville, Oat Hill, the Sierra foothills and on ranches in Uruguay-Argentina.
A settlement for Chinese workers in Napa was established in the early 1860s.
The world-famous Nappa leather 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.
He was a Napa Valley pioneer (having appeared in California before 1850) and had married Lolita Bale, eldest daughter of foundry owner Edward Turner Bale.
The Napa State Asylum for the Insane, now called Napa State Hospital, positioned just south of Napa, received its first patients in 1876.
The Napa Valley Opera House became prominent after its debut on February 13, 1880, with a manufacturing of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore but, it later languished and was closed for many years. It was reestablished in the 1980s.
The Napa Journal began printed announcement on May 16, 1890, and was succeeded by the Napa Daily Morning Journal on November 19, 1922. The paper continued publishing until June 29, 1941.
Napa had turn into the major company and economic center for the Napa Valley by the dawn of the 20th century.
The San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway was established in 1905 for passenger and freight service.
As agricultural and wine interests advanced north of the town/city limits, much of the light industry, banking, commercial and retail activeness in the county evolved inside the town/city of Napa and in earlier times along the Napa River through the historic downtown.
The surnames Greco and Lui are some of the many Napa families that followed this chain migration to work at factory jobs in the town, not to own territory for farming.
Pridham and Jensen went on to found the Magnavox Company in 1917. In the late 19th century and early 20th century Napa was known for having the biggest red-light precinct for a California town/city of its size.
Flooding of the river in downtown Napa amid winter storms has been common since the town was first established.
Following studies made by the United States Department of the Interior in the late 1930s and early 1940s, the United States Congress authorized channel improvements on the course of the Napa River and assembly of a dam on Conn Creek as part of the Flood Control Act of 1944, however funding for the projects was never allowed.
The City of Napa funded and assembled the dam in order to problematic the water conservation reservoir Lake Hennessey in 1948, however flooding continued to be a problem.
Voters in the County of Napa narrowly allowed an increase of .5 percent of the revenue tax in a March 1998 election to fund the Napa River Flood Project. Although revenues from the increased revenue tax have outpaced expectations, the universal has progressed slowly.
Current projections show the remaining phases of the universal being instead of in 2015. On December 31, 2005, the Napa River again overflowed and flooded the entire downtown region and thousands of acres all over Napa County.
More than 4,000 inhabitants were evacuated and 1,000 homes were flooded or destroyed. The 2005 flood was the 23rd most serious flood of the Napa River on record since 1865.
The restoration of the Napa River has been accompanied by returning fish and wildlife to the area, such as the native beaver.
An ambitious redevelopment plan encompassing a several blocks of downtown Napa's retail property was undertaken by the town/city in the early 1970s.
While the region attained worldwide fame as a desirable tourist destination, Napa languished while tourists bypassed the city.
The redevelopment of First and Main streets and the Napa Mill complex helped to stimulate investments along the Napa riverfront.
On August 24, 2014, the Napa region was hit by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake centered 3.7 miles (6.0 km) northwest of close-by American Canyon. Napa was the first locale in California to be part of the North Coast American Viticultural Area. Renowned for its wine due to the Mediterranean climate, surprisingly only about 9% of Napa's acres are planted to grapes. The Napa River traverses the town/city on its journey to the San Pablo Bay.
The town/city has conducted a range of waterfront evolution 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 threat of flooding along a 6-mile (9.7 km) stretch of the river and 1-mile (1.6 km) of Napa Creek.
Climate data for Napa, California The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Napa had a populace of 76,915.
The ethnic makeup of Napa was 57,754 (75.1%) White, 486 (0.6%) African American, 637 (0.8%) Native American, 1,755 (2.3%) Asian, 144 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 13,256 (17.2%) from other competitions, and 2,883 (3.7%) from two or more competitions.
The Meadows of Napa Valley Napa Valley Marriott Hotel & Spa In the California State Legislature, Napa is in the 3rd Senate District, represented by Democrat Bill Dodd, and in the 4th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Cecilia Aguiar-Curry. In the United States House of Representatives, Napa is in California's 5th congressional district, represented by Democrat Mike Thompson. CA-29 runs through Napa, connecting to Vallejo and the East Bay Area to the south and the Napa Wine Country to the north.
Napa is also served by Oakland International Airport, 50 miles to the south, or by Sacramento International Airport, 65 miles northeast.
Napa County Airport to the south, also serves as a enhance airport.
Valley Intercity Neighborhood Express, more generally known by the acronym "VINE Transit", is the enhance transit service for Napa as well as for Napa County.
It is managed under the Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency and is directed by Veolia Transportation.
In addition to providing service to Napa, the VINE has extensive service throughout the county and has connections to other enhance transit systems in the close-by counties.
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