Capay, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}

{{for|the community in Glenn County|Capay, Glenn County, California}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Capay

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| settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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| pushpin_map = California

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in California

| coordinates = {{coord|38|42|28|N|122|02|53|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = California

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Yolo County

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| elevation_ft = 210

| elevation_m = 64

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| postal_code_type = ZIP code

| postal_code = 95607

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 530

| blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

| blank1_info = {{GNIS4|220568}}

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Capay (Wintun: Kapai, meaning "Stream")[https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/anthpubs/ucb/text/ucp012-004.pdf California Place Names of Indian Origin (Kroeber, 1916)][https://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb9779p385&brand=oac4&doc.view=entire_text Online Archive of California - The ethno-geography of the Pomo and neighboring Indians]{{cite book |last=Bright|first=William|author-link=William Bright|date=1998|title=1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning|location=Berkeley, CA|publisher=University of California Press}} is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California.{{Cite GNIS|220568|Feature Detail Report for: Capay (Yolo County, California)|accessdate=December 19, 2008}} It is located on Cache Creek {{convert|2|mi|km}} west-northwest of Esparto,{{California's Geographic Names|461}} in the Capay Valley, in the northwestern part of the county. Capay's ZIP Code is 95607 and its area code 530. It lies at an elevation of 210 feet (64 m).