Brazos, California

Brazos
Brazos
	unincorporated community
	Brazos Location in California Brazos Brazos (the US)
	Coordinates: 38°12′30″N122°18′22″W / 38.20833°N 122.30611°W Coordinates: 38°12′30″N122°18′22″W / 38.20833°N 122.30611°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Napa County
Elevation [1]	3 ft (1 m)

Last updated March 16, 2019

Brazos is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California.^[1] It lies at an elevation of 3 feet (1 m).^[1] Brazos is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 3.25 miles (5.2 km) west-northwest of Napa Junction.^[2]

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Napa County is a county north of San Pablo Bay in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 136,484. The county seat is the City of Napa. Napa County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county's territory were given to Lake County in 1861.

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 8.8 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

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References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brazos, California
↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 606. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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[gnis-1] 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brazos, California

[CGN-2] Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 606. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Napa County, California, United States
County seat: Napa
Cities and towns	American Canyon Calistoga Napa St. Helena Yountville	Napa County map
CDPs	Angwin Deer Park Moskowite Corner Oakville Rutherford Silverado Resort
Unincorporated communities	Aetna Springs Atlas Bale Barro Berryessa Highlands Brazos Buchli Circle Oaks Collins Creston Cuttings Wharf Enchanted Hills Howell Mountain Imola Knoxville Krug Larkmead Lokoya Lombard Lowell Merazo Middleton Napa Junction Napa Soda Springs Oak Knoll Pope Valley Ratto Landing Rocktram Salvador Sanitarium Spanish Flat Spanish Flat Resort Squab Stanley Steel Canyon Resort Suscol Thoman Thompson Union Veteran Heights Vichy Springs Walter Springs Woodleaf Zinfandel
Ghost towns	Carneros Caymus Guthrie Kelly Monticello Napa Wye Redbud Park Shipyard Acres Spruce Hill Tuluka

Brazos
unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°12′30″N122°18′22″W / 38.20833°N 122.30611°W / 38.20833; -122.30611 Coordinates: 38°12′30″N122°18′22″W / 38.20833°N 122.30611°W / 38.20833; -122.30611
Country	United States
State	California
County	Napa County
Elevation^[1]	3 ft (1 m)