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St. Helena is a small incorporated city in Napa County, in the heart of California's Napa Valley, and its motto is "Napa Valley's Main Street."

The town was founded in 1854, when Henry Still and Charles Walters bought a 126-acre tract from the Bale family, whose Rancho Carne Humana land grant covered much of the upper Napa Valley.

St. Helena was first inhabited by the Wappo people, who called the area Anakotanoma, meaning "Bull Snake Village," and are believed to have settled there as early as 2000 B.C.

The town was named for nearby Mount St. Helena and was incorporated as a town on March 24, 1876, then re-incorporated as a city on May 14, 1889.

The railroad reached St. Helena in 1868, turning it into the shipping and commercial center for the central Napa Valley's fruit, grain, and mining products.

White Sulphur Springs, developed as a resort in 1852 just outside town, was California's oldest resort, once able to host 1,000 guests, and the site is now a National Historic Landmark.

The 2020 census counted 5,430 residents in St. Helena, living in 2,337 households with an average household size of just 2.3 people.

St. Helena sits at the center of the St. Helena American Viticultural Area, designated in 1995, which covers 9,060 acres with more than 400 vineyards and about 6,800 acres under cultivation.

Two of its wineries, Beringer Vineyards (founded in 1876) and Charles Krug Winery (founded in 1861 and regarded as Napa Valley's first winery), are designated California Historical Landmarks.

St. Helena is home to The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, one of the world's leading culinary schools, as well as a campus of Napa Valley College.