Welcome to Solano County ...

Time Zone: Solano County lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Fairfield is the Seat for Solano County.

Solano County is one of the original counties of California and was founded in 1850.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Solano had a population of 447,434 people. This is an increase of 8.25% since the last Census (which gave a population of 413,344 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Solano represented 1.11% of the total population of California.

Below are some of the communities located in Solano County:

• Benicia
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benicia
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,988 people
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Benicia
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benicia<2>
• Dixon
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon<2>
• Fairfield
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 117,580 people
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield<2>
• Rio Vista
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Vista
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,978 people
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rio Vista<2>
• Suisun City
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suisun City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,305 people
  • Suisun City has also been known as:
  • Suisun
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suisun City<2>
• Vacaville
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vacaville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,332 people
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vacaville<2>
• Vallejo
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 120,747 people
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Vallejo
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vallejo<2>

Websites of Interest ...

• Websites specific to California
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the California State Archives

• Websites specific to Solano County
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• Websites for nearby counties
  • Contra Costa County
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  • Napa County
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  • Sacramento County
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  • Sonoma County
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  • Yolo County
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• Cemetery Information and Directories
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of California
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of California
  • Cemeteries of Solano County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of California
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of California
  • Cemeteries of Solano County

• Of Special Interest ...
  • The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
  • At this time (Dec 2022), GenDisasters website is currently offline due to a hacker attack. Hopefully they will be back soon.