VALLEJO

city, Solano County, western California, U.S. It lies along San Pablo Bay at the mouth of the Napa River, just north of Oakland. In 1850 General Mariano G. Vallejo offered land for the new state capital of California. Although his offer was accepted and the new town of Vallejo was laid out, the legislature met there for only seven days in January 1852 and for a month in 1853. The establishment of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (though now closed) in 1854 permitted the town to survive. An agricultural-trade centre, it has developed flour-milling and meat-packing industries. Military installations in the area, including Travis Air Force Base, are important to the economy. The California Maritime Academy was established there in 1929. Inc. city, 1868. Pop. (1990) city, 109,199; Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa PMSA, 451,186.