Vallejo, California | |
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Nickname(s): V-Town, The Old Capital, Valley Joe | |
Motto(s): City of Opportunity, The Naval City | |
Coordinates: 38°6′47″N 122°14′9″W / 38.11306°N 122.23583°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Region | San Francisco Bay Area |
County | Solano |
Founded | 1851 |
Incorporated | March 30, 1868[1] |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor-council |
• Mayor | Mayor Robert McConnell Vice-Mayor Rozzana Verder-Aliga (District 1) Diosdado "JR" Matulac (District 2) Mina Loera-Diaz (District 3) Charles Palmares (District 4) Peter Bregenzer (District 5) Cristina Arriola (District 6)[2] |
• City manager | Mike Malone[3] |
• State senator | Bill Dodd (D)[4] |
• Assemblymember | Lori Wilson (D) |
• U. S. rep. | John Garamendi (D) |
Area | |
• Total | 48.78 sq mi (126.34 km2) |
• Land | 30.50 sq mi (79.01 km2) |
• Water | 18.27 sq mi (47.33 km2) 38.0% |
Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 126,090 |
• Rank | 1st in Solano County 49th in California |
• Density | 2,600/sq mi (1,000/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
ZIP Codes | 94589–94592 |
Area code | 707 |
FIPS code | 06-81666 |
GNIS feature IDs | 1661612, 2412142 |
Website | https://www.cityofvallejo.net |
Vallejo (/vəˈleɪ(h)oʊ/ və-LAY-(h)oh; Spanish: [baˈʎexo]) is a city in Solano County, California and the second largest city in the North Bay region of the Bay Area. Located on the shores of San Pablo Bay, the city had a population of 126,090 at the 2020 census.[7] Vallejo is home to the California Maritime Academy, Touro University California and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.
Vallejo is named after Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, the famed Californio general and statesman. The city was founded in 1851 on General Vallejo's Rancho Suscol to serve as the capital city of California, which it served as from 1852 until 1853, when the Californian government moved to neighboring Benicia, named in honor of General Vallejo's wife Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo.[8] The following year in 1854, authorities founded the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, which defined Vallejo's economy until the turn of the 21st century.