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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