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Napa County, California

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88historic places

—earliest paper

1850formed

138,019pop. 2020

11cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 88 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Napa, St. Helena, Calistoga.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

70 of 88 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

88 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Aetna Springs Resort	Pope Valley	District	1987
Alexandria Hotel and Annex	Napa	Building	1982
Andrews, William, House	Napa	Building	1992
Atkinson House	Rutherford	Building	1990
Bale Mill	St. Helena	Building	1972
Bank of Napa	Napa	Building	1992
Beringer Brothers-Los Hermanos Winery	Saint Helena	District	2001
Brannan, Sam, Cottage	Calistoga	Building	1983
Buford House	Napa	Building	1977
Carneros Creek Bridge on Old Sonoma Road	Napa	Structure	2005
Chateau Chevalier	St. Helena	Building	1987
Chateau Pacheteau	Calistoga	Building	2015
Churchill Manor	Napa	Building	1977
Earl, Thomas, House	Napa	Building	1992
Elmshaven NHL	St. Helena	District	1993
Eshcol Winery	Napa	Building	1987
Far Niente Winery	Oakville	Building	1979
First National Bank	Napa	Building	1992
First Presbyterian Church	Napa	Building	1975
First Street Bridge	Napa	Structure	2004
Francis, James H., House	Calistoga	Building	1979
French Laundry	Yountville	Building	1978
Garnett Creek Bridge on CA 29	Calistoga	Structure	2005
Garnett Creek Bridge on Greenwood Avenue	Calistoga	Structure	2005
Goodman Library	Napa	Building	1974
Goodman, George E., Jr., House	Napa	Building	1993
Goodman, George E., Mansion	Napa	Building	1993
Gordon Building	Napa	Building	1985
Greystone Cellars	St. Helena	Building	1978
Groezinger Wine Cellars	Yountville	Building	1982
Hackett House	Napa	Building	1984
Hatt Building	Napa	Building	1977
Helios Ranch	St. Helena	Building	1985
Henessey, Dr. Edwin, House	Napa	Building	1986
Juarez, Cayetano, Adobe	Napa	Building	2015
Kee, Sam, Laundry Building	Napa	Building	1974
Kreuzer Ranch	Napa	Building	1982
Krug, Charles, Winery	St. Helena	Building	1974
Larkmead Winery	Calistoga	Building	1982
Lisbon Winery	Napa	Building	1979
Manasse Mansion	Napa	Building	1978
Manasse, Edward G., House	Napa	Building	1993
Maxwell Creek Bridge on Hardin Road	Locoallomi	Structure	2005
Migliavacca House	Napa	Building	1978
Milliken Creek Bridge	Napa	Structure	2004
Monte Vista and Diamond Mountain Vineyard	Calistoga	Building	2013
Mount View Hotel	Calistoga	Building	1982
Napa Abajo-Fuller Park Historic District	Napa	District	1997
Napa County Courthouse Plaza	Napa	Building	1992
Napa County Infirmary	Napa	District	2018
Napa Opera House	Napa	Building	1973
Napa River Bridge on Zinfandel Lane	St. Helena	Structure	2005
Napa Valley Railroad Depot	Calistoga	Building	1977
Nichelini Winery	St. Helena	Building	1979
Noyes Mansion	Napa	Building	1992
Oakville Grocery	Oakville	Building	1993
Old Napa Register Building	Napa	Building	1982
Palmer, Judge Augustus C., House	Calistoga	Building	1979
Pinkham, Capt. George, House	Napa	Building	1992
Pope Street Bridge	St. Helena	Structure	1972
Ramos, John, Sherry House-Depot Saloon	St. Helena	Building	2007
Rhine House	St. Helena	Building	1972
Rovegno, Charles, House	Yountville	Building	1991
Saint Helena Southern Pacific Railroad Depot	Saint Helena	Building	1997
Schramsberg Vineyard	Calistoga	District	1998
Semorile Building	Napa	Building	1974
Smith, Williams, House	Napa	Building	1995
Special Internal Revenue Bonded Warehouse, First District, No. 13	St. Helena	Building	1995
St. Helena Catholic Church	St. Helena	Building	1978
St. Helena High School	St. Helena	Building	1978
St. Helena Historic Commercial District	St. Helena	District	1998
St. Helena Public Cemetery	St. Helena	District	2018
St. Helena Public Library	St. Helena	Building	1979
Suscol House	Napa	Building	1979
Swartz Creek Bridge on Aetna Springs Road	Aetna Springs	Structure	2005
Taylor, Duckworth and Company Foundry Building	St. Helena	Building	1982
Trower, Charles, House	Napa	Building	2023
Tubbs, Alfred L., Winery	Calistoga	Building	2013
US Post Office-Napa Franklin Station	Napa	Building	1985
Veterans Home of California Chapel	Yountville	Building	1979
Webber, John Lee, House	Yountville	Building	1982
Weinberger, J.C., Winery	St. Helena	Building	2015
William Tell Saloon and Hotel	St. Helena	Building	1982
Winship-Smernes Building	Napa	Building	1977
Wulff, Capt. N. H., House	Napa	Building	1992
York House	Napa	Building	2016
Yount, Eliza G., House	Napa	Building	1992
Yountville Grammar School	Yountville	Building	2016

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Napa was formed in 1850 (1850-02-18) from unknown / original county.

NAPA created from non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Napa County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
405	5,521	13,235	16,451	20,678	28,503	46,603	65,890	99,199	124,279	138,019

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

11 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery	38.57891	-122.59304
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery	38.49435	-122.47358
Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery	38.55789	-122.40555
Monticello Cemetery	38.53685	-122.22746
Napa Redwoods Cemetery	38.36875	-122.41048
Napa Valley Memorial Gardens	38.26155	-122.27172
Patrick Cemetery	38.33455	-122.40382
Pioneer Cemetery	38.5484	-122.51337
Saint Helena Cemetery	38.49257	-122.47539
Tulocay Cemetery Funeral Home and Crematory	38.29908	-122.26996
Veterans Memorial Grove Cemetery	38.39145	-122.37114

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Carneros	38.22853	-122.30942
Caymus	38.40547	-122.36359
Monticello	38.57768	-122.2072
Redbud Park	38.51935	-122.1372

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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