About Napa Valley - Napa Land Title Company Napa Land Title Company would like to be the first to welcome you to the beautiful Napa Valley. Napa Valley is famous throughout the world for its premier wines, Victorian homes and spectacular scenery. Located just an hour northeast of San Francisco and less then two hours from the mountains of Lake Tahoe.
Napa County enjoys the ocean breezes and warm sunny climate ideal for grapes.
The first recorded explorer of Napa Valley was Padre Jose Alta Mira in 1823. American farmers first settled in the Napa Valley in the 1830's. In 1850 California was granted statehood and Napa became one of the state's original counties. The City of Napa grew during the gold rush of the 1850's. Severe winters brought miners from the hills to seek employment in Napa.