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'''Knights Landing''' (formerly '''Baltimore''' and '''East Grafton''') is a [[census-designated place]] in [[Yolo County, California]], United States, founded by William Knight. It is located on the [[Sacramento River]] around 25 miles northwest of [[Sacramento]] in the northeastern portion of the county. Knights Landing's [[ZIP Code]] is 95645 and its [[area code 530]]. It lies at an elevation of {{convert|36|ft|m}}. The 2020 census reported that Knights Landing had a population of 1117.

==Geography==
California State Routes [[California State Route 45|45]] and [[California State Route 113|113]] intersect at Knights Landing.  According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP covers an area of 0.5&nbsp;square miles (1.4&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all of it land.

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Knights Landing has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], ''Csa'' on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=195440&cityname=Knights+Landing%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Knights Landing, California]</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2010= 995
|2020= 1117
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
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Knights Landing first appeared as a [[census designated place]] in the [[2010 U.S. Census]].<ref name=2010CensusCA/>

The [[2020 United States census]] reported that Knights Landing had a population of 1,117. The population density was {{convert|2,068.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Knights Landing was 407 (36.4%) [[White Americans|White]], 11 (1.0%) [[African Americans|African American]], 24 (2.1%) [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 14 (1.3%) [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 3 (0.3%) [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 429 (38.4%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 229 (20.5%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 780 persons (69.8%).<ref name=DP1>{{cite web |title=Knights Landing CDP, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=1600000US0638800 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 23, 2025}}</ref>

The whole population lived in households. There were 355 households, out of which 119 (33.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 171 (48.2%) were married-couple households, 26 (7.3%) were [[cohabitation|cohabiting]] couple households, 61 (17.2%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 97 (27.3%) had a male householder with no partner present. 89 households (25.1%) were one person, and 37 (10.4%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.15.<ref name=DP1/> There were 244 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (68.7% of all households).<ref>{{cite web |title=Knights Landing CDP, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P16?g=1600000US0638800 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 23, 2025}}</ref>

The age distribution was 282 people (25.2%) under the age of 18, 100 people (9.0%) aged 18 to 24, 284 people (25.4%) aged 25 to 44, 290 people (26.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 161 people (14.4%) who were 65{{nbsp}}years of age or older. The median age was 37.7{{nbsp}}years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 366 housing units at an average density of {{convert|677.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 355 (97.0%) were occupied. Of these, 212 (59.7%) were owner-occupied, and 143 (40.3%) were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>

==History==
Knights Landing was founded in 1843 by Dr. William Knight, a practicing physician from [[Baltimore]], Maryland. Knight built on a mound that marked the ancient meeting place of Native Americans inhabiting the regions about [[Cache Creek (Sacramento River)|Cache Creek]] and the [[Sacramento River]]. The site early demonstrated its importance as a steamboat landing and point of communication between the people east and west of the big central river. When the town was laid out in 1849, it was originally called Baltimore, but an agreement over the sale of the new town lots could not be amicably arranged, and the title Baltimore was lost. Knight established a ferry there, which afterwards passed to the ownership of J. W. Snowball. In those days, the ferry tolls were $1 for a man and horse; a team and wagon cost $5. In 1850, S. R. Smith kept a hotel in the settlement and in 1853, Charles F. Reed surveyed and laid out a townsite and was officially given the name of Knight's Landing. That year, J. W. Snowball and J. J. Perkins opened a large general-merchandise store on the Native American mound. On January 1, 1854, Capt. J. H. Updegraff opened his hotel with $10 tickets to a grand New Year's party. A steamer was run from Sacramento for the accommodation of guests. The establishment was called the Yolo House. In 1860, D. N. Hershey and George Glascock erected a brick hotel, which took the place of the Yolo House, that inn being retired to the status of a private residence.

On March 25, 1890, the Knight's Landing branch of the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] was completed and ready for business, and later the completion of the bridge across the river added immensely to the prosperity of the town.<ref>{{History of Yolo County|58-59}}</ref>  The famous and now merged [[Southern Pacific Railroad Company]] once had a line from [[Davis, California]], via [[Woodland, California]], through Knights Landing, and the line continued to [[Marysville, California]], via a [[junction (rail)|junction]] in [[Yuba City, California]]. This 1879 map shows the railroad from Woodland almost to East Grafton (which contains Knights Landing):<ref>http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/159571/West+Grafton+Township++East+Grafton+Township++Cacheville+Township/Yolo+County+1879/California/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> The line now stops a few miles northeast of Woodland.

Grafton Elementary was the only public school in the community. It closed June 23, 2009.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} The area is served by [[Woodland Joint Unified School District]]. In 2010, the Science and Technology Academy of Knights Landing opened on the former Grafton Elementary campus as a [[charter school]].{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Knights Landing Cemetery (just south of town on County Road 102) is one of several purported final resting places of stagecoach bandit [[Charles Bolles]], alias Black Bart. If present, the grave is unmarked.

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