Denverton, California | |
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Coordinates: 38°13′29″N 121°53′51″W / 38.22472°N 121.89750°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Solano |
Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Area code | 707 |
GNIS feature ID | 252662 [1] |
Denverton (formerly known as Nurse's Landing) [2] is an unincorporated community in Solano County, California, United States. The community is on California State Route 12 8 miles (13 km) east of Fairfield. [3]
Denverton was named after James W. Denver in 1858, who served as California Secretary of State from 1853 to 1855 and as a congressman for the district from 1855 to 1857. [2] Its former name of Nurse's Landing was named after Dr. Stephen K. Nurse. [2]
The Denverton Post Office was established per the workings of Mr. S.K. Nurse in 1858, and Nurse was then appointed as its postmaster. [4]
In 1912, Denverton was referred to as a township in a history book written at that time. [5]