{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Cordelia | settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area|Unincorporated community]] | nickname = | motto =
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'''Cordelia''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Solano County, California|Solano County]], [[California]], United States.<ref name="Gudde 1960"/> Cordelia is located at the junction of [[Interstate 80 in California|Interstate 80]] and [[California State Route 12]] and at the northern end of [[Interstate 680 (California)|Interstate 680]], {{convert|7|mi|km}} west of [[Fairfield, California|Fairfield]], which has annexed substantial portions of its surroundings.
==History== [[File:Cordelia Fire Station in Cordelia, California.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Cordelia Fire Station in Cordelia, California]] [[File:Thompson's Corner Store in Cordelia, California.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Thompson's Corner Store in Cordelia, California]] The community of Cordelia was founded in 1853 by clipper ship captain Robert H. Waterman, and initially named "Bridgeport" after the Atlantic coastal town of [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]].<ref name="Gudde 1960"/> Around 1869, a post office was established, and the [[United States Post Office Department]] declared that a more unique name for the town should be chosen.<ref name="Gudde 1960"/> Waterman, who had also chosen Fairfield for the nearest town to honor his former hometown of [[Fairfield, Connecticut]], then chose "Cordelia", after his wife.<ref name="Gudde 1960"/>
In 1880, the [[Wells Fargo]] agency was established in Cordelia.<ref name="Gudde 1960"/>
== Demographics == {{US Census population | 2020 = 124 | footnote = <ref name="arcgis">{{cite web |title=Race and Ethnicity in the US by Dot Density (2020 Census) |url=https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=30d2e10d4d694b3eb4dc4d2e58dbb5a5 |website=www.arcgis.com/index.html |publisher=Living Atlas |access-date=February 22, 2026 }}</ref> }} The [[2020 United States census]]<ref name="census2020">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/2020/dec/2020-census-redistricting-summary-file-dataset.html |title=2020 Census|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=August 12, 2021 }}</ref> reported Cordelia had a population of 124. The population density was {{Convert|306|PD/sqmi}}. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+Cordelia, California – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small> !Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small> !Pop 2020<ref name="arcgis"></ref> !% 2020<ref name="arcgis"></ref> |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH) |81 |65.3% |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH) |3 |2.4% |- |[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH) |2 |1.6% |- |[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH) |3 |2.4% |- |[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH) |0 |0.0% |- |[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH) |5 |4.0% |- |[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race) |39 |31.4% |- |'''Total''' |'''124''' |'''100.0%''' |}
==See also== * [[Cordelia Slough]] – a {{convert|10.8|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} tidal watercourse which discharges to the Suisun Slough, which in turn empties into Grizzly Bay in Solano County, California
==References== <references>
<ref name="Gudde 1960">{{cite book | last=Gudde | first=E.G. | title=California Place Names | publisher=University of California Press | year=1960 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-22djGNuhwC&pg=PA74 | access-date=July 16, 2020 | page=74}}</ref>
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