Napa

Formed February 18, 1850 (11^th county)

Napa County (138,024), Napa (79,251)

The Modern style masonry courthouse of Napa County was built in 1996.  It was designed by Ross & Drulis Architects.  There was an 1878 courthouse located in Napa, the only county seat.  A Hall of Records (1915) and Administration Building (1978) augment the courthouse.  The courthouse is sited on Brown and 3^rd streets.  California State Highway 29 is 12 blocks to the west.  Napa County was created on February 18, 1850 as an original county.  It was the 11^th county.  The county and city’s names came from the Native American Napan tribe. 

Napa County government consists of a sheriff, assessor, controller, and treasurer (executive).  It has 5 Supervisors (legislative.)  Four Superior Court Judges, clerk, and counsel serve Napa County (judicial.)  The county is situated northeast of San Francisco, California and west of Sacramento, California in northwest California.  The county center is 5.3 miles Northwest of Napa.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Lake, Yolo, Solano, and Sonoma counties.  The county is a meat clever.  Napa is in the southern quarter of the county.  Napa is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 57.4% of the county population. 

The area of the county is 754 square miles.  It is 48 out of 58 in the state.  It ranks 34 out of 58 in population in the state.  It has a density of 183.1 persons per square mile making it 20 out of 58 in the state.  Napa County has 83.5% of its population in its incorporated areas.  Interstate Highway 80 clips the southeast corner of the county from Solano County, east, and back into Solano County, south.  This county is in the Napa Metropolitan Statistical Area.