Grand Island (California)

Grand Island (formerly referred to as Taylor Island or La Isla de los Quenensias)[1] is an island lying between Sycamore Slough and the Sacramento River.[2][3] A post office operated at Grand Island from 1854 to 1919.[2] It is shown, labeled "Taylor Island", on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold[4] and an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange.[5]

This article is about the island. For the unincorporated community in Colusa County, see Grand Island, California.
Grand Island
USGS aerial imagery of the island.
Grand Island is located in Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Grand Island
Grand Island
Grand Island is located in California
Grand Island
Grand Island
Grand Island is located in the United States
Grand Island
Grand Island
Geography
LocationNorthern California
Coordinates38°14′08″N 121°34′45″W[1]
Adjacent toSacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Administration
State California
CountySolano

Grand Island is located in Sacramento County, California at 38°14′08″N 121°34′45″W,[1] and managed by Reclamation District 3.[6]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grand Island (California)
  2. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 492. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. "Swamp Land Commissioners". The Daily Bee. Sacramento, California. 1861-07-26. p. 2.
  4. Ringgold, Cadwalader; Stuart, Fred D.; Everett, Chas.; Harrison (1850). "General Chart embracing Surveys of the Farallones Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo, Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay, and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, to the Cities of Sacramento and San Joaquin, California". David Rumsey Map Collection. San Francisco Common Council. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. Lange, Henry (1854). "Bai San Francisco und Vereinigung des Sacramento mit dem San Joaquin". David Rumsey Map Collection. George Westermann. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  6. "Sacramento County, California Reclamation Districts" (PDF). Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission. August 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2021.


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