Official Name: | Cordelia |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | California#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Solano |
Subdivision Type3: | Metro area |
Subdivision Name3: | San Francisco Bay Area |
Unit Pref: | US |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation M: | 7 |
Elevation Ft: | 23 |
Coordinates: | 38.2106°N -122.1358°W |
Postal Code: | 94534 |
Area Code: | 707 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 218147 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 06-00951 |
Cordelia is an unincorporated community in Solano County, California, United States. Cordelia is located at the junction of Interstate 80 and California State Route 12 and at the northern end of Interstate 680, 7miles west of Fairfield.
The community of Cordelia was founded in 1853 by clipper ship captain Robert H. Waterman, and initially named "Bridgeport" after the Atlantic coastal town of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Around 1869, a post office was established, and the United States Post Office Department declared that a more unique name for the town should be chosen. Waterman, who had also chosen Fairfield for the nearest town to honor his former hometown of Fairfield, Connecticut, then chose "Cordelia", after his wife.
In 1880, the Wells Fargo agency was established in Cordelia.