Capay, California

For the community in Glenn County, see Capay, Glenn County, California.
Capay
Unincorporated community
Capay

Location in California

Coordinates: 38°42′28″N 122°02′53″W / 38.70778°N 122.04806°W / 38.70778; -122.04806Coordinates: 38°42′28″N 122°02′53″W / 38.70778°N 122.04806°W / 38.70778; -122.04806
Country United States
State California
County Yolo County
Elevation[1] 210 ft (64 m)
ZIP code 95607
Area code 530
GNIS feature ID 220568

Capay (formerly Munchville and Langville)[1] is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California. It is located on Cache Creek 2 miles (3.2 km) west-northwest of Esparto,[2] in the Capay Valley, in the northwestern part of the county. Capay's ZIP Code is 95607 and its area code 530. It lies at an elevation of 210 feet (64 m). The name Capay comes from the Southern Wintun Indian word for "stream".[3]

History

Capay is located on the Mexican land grant Rancho Canada de Capay. Capay was originally named Munchville after one of the first white settlers, a man named Munch, who built a house on the Cache Creek at the site in 1857.[4] Mr. Empyre and Mr. Munch built a two-story building in the area.[3] The town acquired the name Langville after John A. Lang.[3] In 1870 Lang operated a hotel and owned a brick yard and a store. Langville grew enough to have a town plat filed on January 1, 1875, which renamed the town as Capay.[3]

A post office opened in Capay in 1868.[2]

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Capay has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Feature Detail Report for: Capay (Yolo County, California)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
  2. 1 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. 461. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Three Maps of Yolo County. Woodland, CA: Yolo County Historical Society. 1970. p. 6.
  4. ↑ Thomas Jefferson Gregory, History of Yolo County, California (1913), available online at Google Books
  5. ↑ Climate Summary for Capay, California


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