Welcome to Napa ...

The city of Napa is located in Napa County<1> and is the County Seat for Napa County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Napa, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

The city was incorporated March 23, 1872.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Napa has a population of 78,037 people<2> (see below for details).

Napa is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Napa is within the boundaries of the (707) area code.

The ZIP codes for Napa: 94558-94559, 94581<4>

Websites for Napa ...

Official Website:   www.cityofnapa.org/

Junior League:   www.jlns.org/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Napa had an population of 78,037 people. This is an increase of 1.46% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 7.51% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Napa had a population of 76,915 people (or 56.35% of the total population of Napa County). This makes Napa the county's most populous community.

The population of Napa represents 0.21% of the population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 100th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 76,915 people, the population of Napa increased 5.97% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 72,585 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Napa.

Communities Also Named Napa ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Napa - it's located in South Dakota.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Napa.

Communities near Napa ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Napa.

• Vallejo
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallejo
  • Vallejo is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 120,747 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vallejo <5>
• Fairfield
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
  • Fairfield is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 117,580 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield <5>
• Vacaville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vacaville
  • Vacaville is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,332 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vacaville <5>
• Petaluma
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petaluma
  • Petaluma is located in Sonoma County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,632 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petaluma <5>
• Suisun City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suisun City
  • Suisun City is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,305 people
  • Suisun City has also been known as:
  • Suisun
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suisun City <5>
• Benicia
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benicia
  • Benicia is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,988 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benicia <5>
• Hercules
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hercules
  • Hercules is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,221 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hercules <5>
• American Canyon
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Canyon
  • American Canyon is located in Napa County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 20,554 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Canyon <5>
• Sonoma
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
  • Sonoma is located in Sonoma County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,973 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sonoma <5>
• Saint Helena
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Helena
  • Saint Helena is located in Napa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,960 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Helena <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Napa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Napa.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Napa. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Napa.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Napa. Our list includes 27 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Napa.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Napa ...

Looking for more information about Napa? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Napa, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Napa.

Adding Napa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Napa in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Napa was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

We also found Napa in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Napa post office opened in 1890.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Napa.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Napa: www.cityofnapa.org/

The official website for Napa County: www.co.napa.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/