Rockville is a small unincorporated community in northern-central Solano County, California, southwest of Fairfield and closest to Cordelia.[3]
Rockville, California | |
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 Field in Rockville | |
  Rockville, California location in California | |
| Coordinates: 38°14′39″N 122°07′20″W / 38.24417°N 122.12222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Solano |
| Government | |
| • County Board | Jim Spering |
| • State Senator | Bill Dodd (D)[1] |
| • California Assemblymembers[1] | Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D) and Lori Wilson (D) |
| • U. S. Rep. | Kevin Kiley (R)[2] |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 130 |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 94534 |
| Area code | 707 |
Yulyul, the main village of the Suisunes (a Patwin people of the Suisun Bay region), is believed to be where Rockville is located today.
The main economic activities are farming, tourism, and the large regional Rockville Cemetery.[4]
Tourism edit
Rockville is the home of the Rockville Hills Regional Park,[5] consisting of 633 acres of grasslands and oak woodlands, with a dense mixed broadleaf forest through which there are many hiking and biking trails.
References edit
- ^ a b "Statewide Database". UC Regents. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
- ^ "California's 3rd Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- ^ "Map of Rockville, California". Google Maps, map of Rockville, California. Google. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ^ "The Rockville Cemetery". Solano County Cemeteries website. Solano County Historical Society. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ^ "Rockville Hills Regional Park". City of Fairfield, California Public Works Dept website. City of Fairfield, California. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
External links edit
History edit
- Article 'Preserving the past: Native heritage stands firm in county' by Adrienne Harris, published November 28, 2013 in the Fairfield Daily Republic
- Article 'In search of Chief Solano / Suisun warrior vital part of local history' by Paul McHugh, published November 21, 2002 for The San Francisco Chronicle
- Article 'Chief Solano’s grave site is shrouded in mystery', an archive of the monthly local history column "Solano In Retrospect" written by Nancy Dingler for the Daily Republic newspaper in Fairfield
- Article 'Rockville Park - Site of Massacre in 1810' by Nancy Dingler for her monthly column "Solano in Retrospect", published September 22, 2000 in the Fairfield Daily Republic
- Article 'Exploring a Mansion’s Storied Past: Part I of the Stonedene Story' by Sabine Goerke-Shrode, published August 3, 2003 in the Vacaville Reporter
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