American Canyon is a city located in southern Napa County, California, 35 miles (56 km) northeast of San Francisco in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 2010 census reported the city's population at 19,454. Its ZIP Code is 94503, and its area code is 707. It is in the Pacific Time time zone and observes Daylight-Saving Time. The city was incorporated in 1992.
Napa is the largest city and the county seat of Napa County, in California's Wine Country. It is the principal city of the Napa County Metropolitan Statistical Area, with a population of 80,011 as of the 2010 census. It is the second-largest city in California's Wine Country, after Santa Rosa. Napa was incorporated as a city in 1872.
Wine Country is the region of California, in the northern Bay Area, known worldwide as a premium wine-growing region. The region is famed for its wineries, its cuisine,, Michelin star restaurants, boutique hotels, luxury resorts, historic architecture, and culture. Viticulture and wine-making have been practiced in the region since the Spanish missionaries from Mission San Francisco Solano established the first vineyards in 1812.
The Napa River, approximately 55 miles (89 km) long, is a river in the U.S. state of California. It drains a famous wine-growing region, called the Napa Valley, in the mountains northeast of San Francisco. Milliken Creek and Mt. Veeder watersheds are a few of its many tributaries. The mouth is at Vallejo where the inter-tidal zone of fresh and salt waters flow into the Carquinez Straits on San Pablo Bay.
The California Northern Railroad is one of several Class III short-line railroad companies owned by Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. It operates over Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) tracks under a long-term lease.
Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts was a non-profit museum and educational center in downtown Napa, California, dedicated to wine, food and the arts of American culture. The center, planned and largely funded by vintners Robert and Margrit Mondavi, was open from 2001 to 2008. The 78,632-square-foot (7,305.2 m2) museum had galleries, two theaters, classrooms, a demonstration kitchen, a restaurant, a rare book library, and a 3.5-acre (1.4 ha) vegetable and herb garden; there it hosted wine and food tasting programs, exhibitions, films, and concerts. The main and permanent exhibition of the museum, "Forks in the Road", explained the origins of cooking through to modern advances. The museum's establishment benefited the city of Napa and the development and gentrification of its downtown.
Napa Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Napa County in California's Wine Country. Napa Valley is considered one of the premier wine regions in the world. Records of commercial wine production in the region date back to the nineteenth century, but premium wine production dates back only to the 1960s.
Pope Valley is an unincorporated community located in the small valley of the same name in the Mayacamas Mountains and northern Napa County, California.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Napa County, California.
Collins was an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 49 feet. Collins is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Napa Junction. In 1992, the community was annexed and incorporated into American Canyon.
Cuttings Wharf is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 7 feet. Cuttings Wharf is located on the Napa River, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Napa Junction.
Imola is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 7 feet. Imola is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 1.25 miles (2.0 km) south of Napa.
Kelly is a former settlement in Napa County, California. Kelly was located on the San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Napa Junction.
Napa Soda Springs is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 705 feet. Napa Soda Springs is located 5 miles (8.0 km) east-southeast of Yountville.
Ratto Landing is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 3 feet. Ratto Landing is located on the Napa River, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of Napa Junction.
Rocktram is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet. Rocktram is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Napa, at the junction with the Napa Valley Railroad and the Basalt Rock Company rock tram. This area got its name from an overhead tramway between the Basalt Rock Company quarry and a plant located on the Napa River. The tram crossed California State Route 221 near what is now Kaiser Road. Metal containers that hung from a steel cable transported rock from Basalt’s quarry on the hills east of the highway to the plant on the river. The rocks were loaded on barges and floated down to construction sites from Sacramento to San Francisco. Rocks from Basalt were used in the construction of Treasure Island and most of the Bay Area bridges.
Shipyard Acres was an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 33 feet. Shipyard Acres is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-southeast of Napa. This was a wartime neighborhood consisting of nearly 400 of plywood houses built to house worker families involved in the World War II effort building ships at Basalt Rock Company. It sprang up early in the war and was dismantled sometime in the mid-1950s. It was on the northwest corner of what is now Kaiser Road and Napa-Vallejo Highway. Some of the structures were moved a few miles west to the Cuttings Wharf area, resurrected, and are still in place near the marina.
Union was an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lay at an elevation of 79 feet. Union was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 2.25 miles (3.6 km) northwest of Napa.
