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Capay
Capay is located in California
Capay
Capay
Location in California
Country United States
State California
County Yolo County
Elevation
210 ft (64 m)
ZIP code
95607
Area code 530
GNIS feature ID 220568

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

History

Capay is located on the Mexican land grant Rancho Canada de Capay. Capay was originally named Munchville after one of the first white settlers, a man named Munch, who built a house on the Cache Creek at the site in 1857. Mr. Empyre and Mr. Munch built a two-story building in the area. The town acquired the name Langville after John A. Lang. In 1870 Lang operated a hotel and owned a brick yard and a store. Langville grew enough to have a town plat filed on January 1, 1875, which renamed the town as Capay.

A post office opened in Capay in 1868.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Capay has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.


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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Capay (condado de Yolo) para niños

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