11 Facts About Benicia California

Benicia California is just east of Vallejo and across the strait from Martinez.

City of Benicia California was founded on May 19, 1847, by Dr Robert Semple, Thomas O Larkin, and Comandante General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, on land sold to them by General Vallejo in December 1846.

In March 1850, Benicia became one of the first incorporated cities in California, a month after Sacramento.

In 1853, Benicia became the third site selected to serve as the California State capital, after San Jose and nearby Vallejo, and its newly constructed city hall was California's capitol from February 11, 1853, to February 25, 1854.

On December 1, 1879, the Central Pacific Railroad rerouted the Sacramento-Oakland portion of its transcontinental line to Benicia California and established a major railroad ferry across the Carquinez Strait from Benicia California to Port Costa.

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On December 20, 1968, near the Benicia California water pumping station on Lake Herman Road, the Zodiac Killer made his debut by killing Vallejo natives David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen as they rested or "necked" in Faraday's car.

Between 1970 and 1995, the population of Benicia California grew steadily at a rate of about 1, 000 people per year, and the city changed from a poor, blue-collar town of 7, 000 to a white-collar bedroom suburb of 27, 000.

Benicia California is located on the north side of the Carquinez Strait.

Arts Benicia California is a community-based non-profit organization whose mission is to stimulate, educate, and nurture cultural life in Benicia California primarily through the visual arts.

Benicia California has no rail transit, but offers bus transportation through SolTrans and SolanoExpress.

Two blocks from the main downtown district, the Benicia California Marina is a full-service marina, offering a fuel dock, pump-out station, launch ramp, general store, laundry, restrooms and showers.