Capay, Glenn County, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

39°47′48″N 122°05′04″W / 39.79667°N 122.08444°W / 39.79667; -122.08444

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Capay

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Coordinates: 39°47′48″N 122°05′04″W / 39.79667°N 122.08444°W / 39.79667; -122.08444CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyGlenn CountyElevation

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187 ft (57 m)

Capay (Wintun: Kapai, meaning "Stream")^[2]^[3] is an unincorporated community in Glenn County, California.^[1] It is located 7 miles (11 km) east-northeast of Orland,^[4] at an elevation of 187 feet (57 m).^[1]

The Capay Rancho, encompassing the present site of Capay, was granted to Josefa Soto in 1844 by the Mexican government; it was one of only three such California land grants recognized by the US government, and was formally transferred to Soto by President James Buchanan in 1859.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capay, Glenn County, California
^ California Place Names of Indian Origin (Kroeber, 1916)
^ "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.
^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 207. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
^ "Capay Grant Patent of 1859 found in Colusa records is presented to Glenn resident". The Colusa Daily Sun. Colusa, CA. June 17, 1927. Retrieved December 30, 2023.