Batavia, California

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Batavia, California
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°24′23″N 121°51′35″W / 38.40639°N 121.85972°W / 38.40639; -121.85972
Country	United States
State	California
County	Solano
Elevation	62 ft (19 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code	707
GNIS feature ID	1655814[1]
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Batavia is an unincorporated community in Solano County, California, United States. Batavia is along a railroad line, the Union Pacific Martinez Subdivision, approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Dixon. It was a California Pacific Railroad station that was named around 1870 for the Latin name of The Netherlands.^[2] Today, various UP freight and Amtrak passenger trains speed through Batavia daily without stopping.

Batavia reportedly was platted in 1868 and had several streets laid out, but it primarily consisted of a train depot and a few residences.^[3] The warehouses were destroyed in a fire in 1917.^[4] Batavia declined after highway travel largely replaced rail travel.^[3]

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.
3. ^ ^{a b} Bowen, Jerry (June 10, 2007). "Early depot town faded away". Solano, the Way it Was. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
4. ^ "Destructive fire at Batavia". Winters Express. Winters, CA. June 22, 1917. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

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