Birds Landing, California Explained

Official Name:Birds Landing, California
Pushpin Map:California#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:location in California
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Name1:California
Subdivision Name2:Solano
Leader Title:County Board
Leader Title1:Senate
Leader Name1:Mark DeSaulnier (D)
Leader Title2:Assembly
Leader Name2:Nancy Skinner (D)
Leader Title3:U. S. Congress
Leader Name3:[1]
Elevation Ft:52
Population As Of:2000
Population Total:130
Timezone:PST
Utc Offset:-8
Coordinates:38.1328°N -121.8708°W
Timezone Dst:PDT
Utc Offset Dst:-7
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:94512
Area Code:707
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID

Birds Landing (also Bird's Landing) is an unincorporated community in southern Solano County, California, United States. It lies at the intersection of Collinsville and Montezuma Hills Roads, southeast of the city of Fairfield, the county seat of Solano County. Situated just north of the Sacramento River, the community is located midway between Sacramento and San Francisco.[2] Birds Landing has its own ZIP code (94512) [3] but presently no post office; the previous post office closed in 2001.[4]

History

Onetime shipping point for John Bird, who had a storage and commission business.[5]

Demographics

The population was 130 in 2000; there were 66 men and 64 women. The generational makeup was 7 under five years, 8 five to nine years, 10 ten to fourteen, 11 fifteen to nineteen, 13 twenty to twenty-four, 10 twenty-five to thirty-four, 18 thirty-five to forty-four, 24 forty-five to fifty-four, 8 fifty-five to fifty-nine, 6 sixty to sixty-four, 11 sixty-four to seventy-four, 4 seventy-five to eighty-four, and 0 over the age of eighty-five. The median age was 41.3. Of the 100 over the age of eighteen, 53 were male and 47 were female. 92 were twenty-one and over. 15 were over the age of sixty-five, with 8 males and 7 females. The average owner-owned home housed 2.45 people, compared to 3.62 for renter-occupied homes.[6]

47% of the population spoke English as their primary language while 53% did not; of those 53%, 29% spoke Spanish and 24% spoke "Other Indic languages".[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. March 9, 2013.
  2. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 12-13.
  3. http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=94512 ZIP code Lookup
  4. Bowen, Jerry, "Once flourishing, town now echoes history". Retrieved November 22, 2014
  5. Book: Gudde. Erwin G.. California place names : the origin and etymology of current geographical names. 1998. University of California Press. Berkeley. 0520213165. 36. 4th ed., rev. and enl.. registration.
  6. http://www.relocationnow.com/profilebreakout-94512-CA-all.html 94512 entry
  7. http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_primary 94512 entry