Editing Elmira, California (section)

==History==
Elmira, California, is named after [[Elmira, New York]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n117 118]}}</ref><ref name=Hunt>{{cite book|last1=Hunt|first1=Marguerite|author2=Harry Lawrence Gunn|title=History of Solano County and Napa County California|date=1926|publisher=The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.|location=Chicago|url=http://history.rays-place.com/ca/sol-s-f.htm|access-date=25 May 2015|chapter=Suisun and Fairfield - Other Towns}}</ref>

In the 19th and early 20th century, Elmira was the major railroad stop between Fairfield and Davis.<ref name=Bowen>{{cite web|last1=Bowen|first1=Jerry|title=Elmira sits on the edge of history|url=http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/weblog/more/elmira_sits_on_the_edge_of_history/|website=Historical Articles of Solano County|access-date=25 May 2015|date=25 November 2001}}</ref><ref name=bowen>{{cite web|last1=Bowen|first1=Jerry|title=History of Solano County|url=http://www.bellavistaranch.net/suisun_history/solano_history-bowen.html|website=Bella Vista Ranch|access-date=25 May 2015}}</ref> To get to Vacaville, travelers had to take a spur from Elmira. When [[U.S. Route 40]] was built through Vacaville, the population of Vacaville increased in size, while the population of Elmira declined.