History of Davis


 
The California Pacific Railroad line put the town of Davisville on the map. It was the "Big Five" -- John B. Frisbee, William F. Roelofson, DeWitt C. Haskin, James M. Ryder and DeWitt C. Rice -- who purchased some 3,000 acres of the original Isaac and Jerome Davis ranch and the termed themselves, "Proprietors of Davisville" in 1868.

November 28, 1868, the town plat, which had been drawn by Dr. W. C. Rice, was officially recorded. In July of 1868 the California Pacific Railroad completed from Vallejo to Sacramento, by the way of Davis. It had been decided to locate a triangular junction and depot on the land purchased from Isaac Davis to accommodate the California Pacific Railroad From Vallejo to Sacramento with a branch from Davis via Knights Landing to Marysville.

In 1906 the University State Farm established in Davisville. The town's accessibility by rail was one of the main factors in the selection of Davisville.

On March 28, 1917, Davis (the "ville" was dropped) became incorporated.

Though the years the community has grown to a population of 64,938 in 2007.


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