Liwaito, California

Liwaito
Former settlement
Liwaito Location in California
Coordinates: 38°31′20″N 121°58′15″W / 38.52222°N 121.97083°W / 38.52222; -121.97083
Country	United States
State	California
County	Yolo County
Elevation^[1]	135 ft (41 m)

Liwaito (also Lewytos and Liguaytoy) is a former settlement of the Patwin branch of the Wintun tribe in Yolo County, California. The name means "waiving" in the Patwin language, and was also applied to Putah Creek.^[2] It lay at an elevation of 135 feet (41 m). Its location is quite near Winters, California.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Liwaito, California
1 2 Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico (1906), pt. 1, p.711

Municipalities and communities of Yolo County, California, United States

County seat: Woodland

Cities	Davis West Sacramento Winters Woodland

CDPs	Clarksburg Dunnigan Esparto Guinda Knights Landing Madison Monument Hills University of California, Davis Yolo

Unincorporated communities	Arcade Arroz Beatrice Brooks Browns Corner Cadenasso Capay Central Citrona Conaway Coniston Daisie Dufour El Macero El Rio Villa Fremont Green Greendale Hershey‡ Jacobs Corner Kiesel King Farms Lovdal Lund Merritt Mikon Morgans Landing Norton Peethill Plainfield Riverview Rumsey Saxon Sorroca Sugarfield Swingle Tancred Tyndall Landing Valdez Vin Webster Willow Point Zamora

Ghost towns	Britona Buckeye Charleston Cottonwood Curtis Eastham Elvaton Fourness Fremont Landing French Camp Garlic Hebron Howard Knights Landing Junction Kobe Laugenour Leeman Liwaito Marty Mullen Oat Valley Paramount Peart Plumtree Ronda Rose Garden Wycoff

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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