Batavia, California

Batavia is an unincorporated community in Solano County, California, United States. Batavia is along a railroad line 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Dixon.

Batavia, California
Batavia, California
Coordinates: 38°24′23″N 121°51′35″W
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySolano
Elevation
62 ft (19 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)707
GNIS feature ID1655814[1]
Batavia in 1916

California Pacific Railroad station that was named around 1870 using the Latin name of The Netherlands.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Batavia, California
  2. Gudde, Erwin G. (1998). California place names : the origin and etymology of current geographical names (4th ed., rev. and enl. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 28. ISBN 0520213165.


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