Capay, California

Capay
Capay is located in California
Capay
Capay
Location in California
Coordinates: 38°42′28″N 122°02′53″W / 38.70778°N 122.04806°W / 38.70778; -122.04806
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyYolo County
Elevation210 ft (64 m)
ZIP code
95607
Area code530
GNIS feature ID220568

Capay (Wintun: Kapai, meaning "Stream")[2][3][4] is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California.[5][1] It is located on Cache Creek 2 miles (3.2 km) west-northwest of Esparto,[6] 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).

  1. ^ a b "Feature Detail Report for: Capay (Yolo County, California)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
  2. ^ California Place Names of Indian Origin (Kroeber, 1916)
  3. ^ Online Archive of California - The ethno-geography of the Pomo and neighboring Indians
  4. ^ Bright, William (1998). 1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Three Maps was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ 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.