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Information here is taken from The Napa Valley Book.
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Plus: Historic attractions, maps, photos, relocation, kids' favorites, drive-it-yourself tours,and more than 700 Napa Valley website addresses.
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www.Yountville.info
In 1831, George Yount, the first American settler in the Napa Valley, came to the area now called Yountville. He received an 11,000-acre Mexican Land grant and built the first structures in the area, a Kentucky blockhouse and mill. Even more importantly, he planted the first grapevines in the Napa Valley.
In 1855 Yount hired a surveyor to lay out a town site and named it "Sebastopol," ignoring the fact that a town in neighboring Sonoma County already had that same name. In 1865, two years after death, the town was renamed in his honor. His grave can be found in Pioneer Cemetery, next to Yountville Park at the north end of town.
When Yountville incorporated, it wanted to be called a "village." The State of California didn't allow for villages, so Yountville had to refer to itself as a town. It still feels like a village, with a population of approximately 3,500, which includes 1,100 residents of the Veterans Home of California.
Yountville is a walking town filled with excellent shops, restaurants (and restaurants, and more restaurants), and lodging. Spend some time here. You'll enjoy it. (Did we mention it happens to have a whole bunch of really good restaurants?)
Getting There
Most people come to Yountville by car. It's just nine miles north of Napa on Highway 29, which is the main north-south highway in the Napa Valley. It's even a divided freeway as far as Yountville. After that it becomes a two-lane road. The residents of Napa Valley have continuously rejected the idea of a freeway running upvalley.
This map will show you where Yountville is in relation to the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area.
San Francisco Bay Area
(Map courtesy of Napa Downtown Association)
More Information
Yountville Chamber of Commerce
6516 Yount St.
Yountville CA 94599
707.944.0904
www.yountville.com
Town of Yountville
6550 Yount Street
Yountville CA 94599
707.944.8851
www.townofyountville.com
Yountville Community Hall
Yountville Shuttle
707.944.1234
Web Page
Provides local service in town and the Veterans Home. Connections to VINE at Veterans Home and on Washington Street in downtown Yountville.
Yountville Library
6548 Yount Street
Yountville, CA 94599
707.944.1888
Web Page
Yountville Elementary School
6554 Yount Street
Yountville CA 94599
707.253.3485
Web Page
School Accountability Report Card
Directions (and good map of town)
Yountville Baseball
944.0802
Yountville Bocce Club
P.O. Box 3034
Yountville, California 94599
707.944.2409
Native Sons of the Golden West
Col. Nelson M. Holderman Parlor #316
707.255.0445
Yountville Sun
6795 Washington St.
Yountville CA 94599
707.944.5676
Excellent weekly community newspaper.
Miscellaneous Stuff
Postal Zip Code
Yountville 94599
Telephone Prefixes (Area Code 707)
Yountville 944, 945, 947, 948
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