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Rio Vista, California
Rio Vista (Spanish: Río Vista, thought to mean "River View") is a city in the eastern end of Solano County, California, in the Sacramento River Delta region of Northern California. The population was 10,005 at the 2020 census.
Rio Vista is a small city in Solano County approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of Sacramento, on the Sacramento River in the Sacramento River Delta.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.1 square miles (18 km2), of which, 6.6 square miles (17 km2) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) of it (6.98%) is water.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Rio Vista has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.
The present location of Rio Vista town center is several miles south of the original settlement. Colonel Nathan H. Davis founded "Brazos del Rio" near the entrance of Cache Slough at the Sacramento River, on the Rancho Los Ulpinos Mexican land grant, in 1858. The settlement changed its name to "Vista del Rio" (View of the river), and a third time within a year, to "Rio Vista" on the suggestion of the wife of the postmaster, Mrs Charles A. Kirkpatrick in 1858. The city's name (incorrectly) combines the Spanish words for "river" and "view". The town was known as New Rio Vista briefly after it moved to its present location on higher ground following a series of floods in 1861 and 1862. The postal authorities established office in 1858. The community was officially incorporated as Rio Vista on December 30, 1893. During the internment of Japanese Americans, most of Rio Vista's Japanese citizens were sent to Gila River or Tule Lake. Rio Vista was the first city in California to fluoridate its water on October 25, 1951. The town removed their fluoridation equipment in 1956 following a city referendum organized by a chiropractor. The Rio Vista PTA petitioned the town to vote on water fluoridation in June 1970, and in April 1972 voted to not fluoridate. Rio Vista is home to the largest American producer of Belgian endive in the United States.
The city is served by Rio Vista Municipal Airport and is situated along the Rio Vista Highway (SR 12) between Fairfield and Lodi. The defunct Rio Vista Airport once featured a small restaurant inside of a DC-4. The highway crosses the Sacramento River via the Helen Madere Memorial Bridge, colloquially known as the Rio Vista Bridge.
The City of Rio Vista has been served by a variety of newspapers, several of which changed names several times. The longest running of which was the River News-Herald and Isleton Journal, established in 1890. The paper printed its last article online on May 3, 2017. Rio Vista also was served by Rio Vista Banner (1919–1926) which became The Banner of the Delta (1926–1930). Other papers included The Delta Herald Isleton Journal (1924–1960) out of Isleton, Sacramento River News (1890–1895) and The Weekly Rio Vista Gleaner (September 6, 1877 - February 1879), Rio Vista Enterprise (September 22, 1877 - May 30, 1879). Currently the only newspaper is Rio Vista Beacon, a weekly paper mailed free to Rio Vista residents.
Rio Vista is also home to KRVH "Radio Rio", a classic rock station run by local high school students.
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Rio Vista, California
Rio Vista (Spanish: Río Vista, thought to mean "River View") is a city in the eastern end of Solano County, California, in the Sacramento River Delta region of Northern California. The population was 10,005 at the 2020 census.
Rio Vista is a small city in Solano County approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of Sacramento, on the Sacramento River in the Sacramento River Delta.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.1 square miles (18 km2), of which, 6.6 square miles (17 km2) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) of it (6.98%) is water.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Rio Vista has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.
The present location of Rio Vista town center is several miles south of the original settlement. Colonel Nathan H. Davis founded "Brazos del Rio" near the entrance of Cache Slough at the Sacramento River, on the Rancho Los Ulpinos Mexican land grant, in 1858. The settlement changed its name to "Vista del Rio" (View of the river), and a third time within a year, to "Rio Vista" on the suggestion of the wife of the postmaster, Mrs Charles A. Kirkpatrick in 1858. The city's name (incorrectly) combines the Spanish words for "river" and "view". The town was known as New Rio Vista briefly after it moved to its present location on higher ground following a series of floods in 1861 and 1862. The postal authorities established office in 1858. The community was officially incorporated as Rio Vista on December 30, 1893. During the internment of Japanese Americans, most of Rio Vista's Japanese citizens were sent to Gila River or Tule Lake. Rio Vista was the first city in California to fluoridate its water on October 25, 1951. The town removed their fluoridation equipment in 1956 following a city referendum organized by a chiropractor. The Rio Vista PTA petitioned the town to vote on water fluoridation in June 1970, and in April 1972 voted to not fluoridate. Rio Vista is home to the largest American producer of Belgian endive in the United States.
The city is served by Rio Vista Municipal Airport and is situated along the Rio Vista Highway (SR 12) between Fairfield and Lodi. The defunct Rio Vista Airport once featured a small restaurant inside of a DC-4. The highway crosses the Sacramento River via the Helen Madere Memorial Bridge, colloquially known as the Rio Vista Bridge.
The City of Rio Vista has been served by a variety of newspapers, several of which changed names several times. The longest running of which was the River News-Herald and Isleton Journal, established in 1890. The paper printed its last article online on May 3, 2017. Rio Vista also was served by Rio Vista Banner (1919–1926) which became The Banner of the Delta (1926–1930). Other papers included The Delta Herald Isleton Journal (1924–1960) out of Isleton, Sacramento River News (1890–1895) and The Weekly Rio Vista Gleaner (September 6, 1877 - February 1879), Rio Vista Enterprise (September 22, 1877 - May 30, 1879). Currently the only newspaper is Rio Vista Beacon, a weekly paper mailed free to Rio Vista residents.
Rio Vista is also home to KRVH "Radio Rio", a classic rock station run by local high school students.
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