Fairfield, CA
| City of Fairfield | ||
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The "Welcome to Fairfield" roadside sign along Interstate 80
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 Location in Solano County and the state of California |
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 City of Fairfield
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| Coordinates: 38°15′28″N 122°3′15″W / 38.25778°N 122.05417°WCoordinates: 38°15′28″N 122°3′15″W / 38.25778°N 122.05417°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | California | |
| County | Solano | |
| Incorporated | December 12, 1903 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Council-manager | |
| • Mayor | Harry T. Price | |
| • State senator | Bill Dodd (D) | |
| • Assemblymember | Jim Frazier (D) | |
| • U. S. rep. | John Garamendi (D) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 37.635 sq mi (97.475 km2) | |
| • Land | 34.390 sq mi (94.839 km2) | |
| • Water | 3.245 sq mi (2.635 km2) 6.95% | |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) | |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | ||
| • Total | 105,321 | |
| • Estimate (2013) | 109,320 | |
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2nd in Solano County 57th in California |
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| • Density | 2,800/sq mi (1,100/km2) | |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC−8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | |
| ZIP codes | 94533–94535 | |
| Area code | 707 | |
| FIPS code | 06-23182 | |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1656005, 2410474 | |
| Website | www |
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Fairfield is a city in, and the county seat of, Solano County, California, United States. It is generally considered the midpoint between the cities of San Francisco and Sacramento, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from the city center of both cities, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from the city center of Oakland, less than 19 miles (31 km) from Napa Valley, 16 miles (26 km) from the Carquinez Bridge, and 14 miles (23 km) from the Benicia Bridge. It is located in the North-eastern part of the Bay Area. Fairfield was founded in 1856 by clippership captain Robert H. Waterman, and named after his former hometown of Fairfield, Connecticut.
It is the home of Travis Air Force Base and the headquarters of Jelly Belly. With a population of 108,321 at the 2010 census, it is slightly smaller in population than Vallejo. Other nearby cities include Suisun City, Vacaville, Rio Vista, Benicia, and Napa.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 37.6 square miles (97 km2), of which, 34.4 square miles (89 km2) of it is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2) of it is water. The total area is 5.65% water.
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