Montezuma is a former hamlet

Hamlet (place)

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 and township in Solano County

Solano County, California

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, California

California

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, located in the California Delta region of the state; the township, which embraced the hamlet, and several other places, such as Bird's Landing--which still exists--included portions of the Montezuma Hills

Montezuma Hills

The Montezuma Hills comprise a small range of low-elevation hills at the northern banks of the Sacramento River Delta in Solano County, California. The Montezuma Hills are bounded by the Sacramento River on the south and east; the Montezuma Slough on the west and roughly by California State Route...

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The hamlet was also a stop on the Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway (later absorbed into the Sacramento Northern Railway

Sacramento Northern Railway

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), an electrified interurban passenger rail line that ran, with the help of a ferry across Suisun Bay

Suisun Bay

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, from Oakland

Oakland, California

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, through Contra Costa County

Contra Costa County, California

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, across the bay, and into Solano County, making stops at Chipps and Dutton, before passing through Montezuma on its way to Rio Vista, California

Rio Vista, California

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. The railway stop was located approximately a mile and a half northwest of present-day Collinsville

Collinsville, California

Collinsville is an unincorporated rural community in Solano County, California, USA. It is located next to the Sacramento River Delta on the north side of the Sacramento River, and is effectively separated from the more intense urban development in Contra Costa County immediately across the river...

, just after the rail line swung due north, from its north-easterly trajectory from the ferry landing at Chipps Island, at the Suisun Bay shoreline.