Editing Angwin, California (section)

==History==
The town of Angwin is named for Edwin Angwin (1841–1919), a native of St. Agnes,  [[Cornwall]], who in 1875 purchased a {{Convert|200|acre|km2|1|adj=on}} parcel within the [[Rancho La Jota]] on [[Howell Mountain, California|Howell Mountain]] and established the Angwin Resort.<ref name=gudde>{{cite book|first=Erwin|last=Gudde| author2 =William Bright |title=California Place Names|year=2004|edition=Fourth|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-24217-3}}</ref> By the 1900s, Mr. Angwin owned almost {{Convert|1,600|acre|km2}} of land in the area.<ref>{{Cite book
  | last = Hansen
  | first = Mariam
  | title = Images of America St. Helena
  | publisher = Arcadia Publishing
  | location = San Francisco, CA
  | date = March 1, 2010
  | isbn=978-0738580098
  }}</ref>

Prior to 1875, Rancho La Jota was held in its entirety by William Campbell Watson, husband of Elizabeth Anne Davis, the granddaughter of [[George C. Yount]]. Mr. Watson began to sell off portions of the Rancho in 1875, Mr. Angwin's being among the first parcels. Soon after a community began to emerge with the success of, and in support of, the Angwin Resort.

In 1909, Healdsburg College (formerly Healdsburg Academy), a [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] college, moved from its location in [[Healdsburg]] when it purchased the Angwin Resort for $60,000 to open [[Pacific Union College]].<ref>{{Cite journal
  | last = Hufstader
  | first = Louisa
  | title = Napa's first college was once a summer resort
  | journal = [[Napa Valley Register]]
  | publisher = Lee Enterprises, Inc.
  | location = Napa, CA
  | date = June 3, 2002
  | url = http://napavalleyregister.com/news/napa-s-first-college-was-once-a-summer-resort/article_ecba0f54-5917-5630-9eb7-9c3e676993bd.html
  | access-date = August 21, 2011}}</ref>
According to a 1985 KRON-TV news report, more than 80 percent of the population of Angwin belonged to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.<ref>Jeannine Yeomans, "God's Little Acres," KRON-TV "NewsCenter 4" at 6:00 p.m., July 29, 1985.</ref>

In August 2020, Angwin was evacuated due to the [[LNU Lightning Complex fires|Hennessey Fire]].<ref name="CALFIRE">{{cite web|title=Hennessey Fire Information|url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/8/17/hennessey-fire/|website=CAL FIRE|access-date=17 August 2020|archive-date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818015057/https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/8/17/hennessey-fire/|url-status=dead}}</ref>