Aetna Springs is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Napa County

Napa County, California

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, California

California

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, United States

United States

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. It lies at an elevation of 771 feet (235 m). The ZIP Code is 94567. The community is inside area code 707

Area code 707

North American area code 707 is a Californian telephone area code which covers Napa, Sebastopol, Vallejo, Benicia, Fairfield, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Fort Bragg, Crescent City, Eureka, Clearlake, Vacaville, Ukiah, and northwestern California. It was split from area code 415 on March 1, 1959...

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It was named after a nearby hot spring

Hot spring

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. The spring was so named by the owner of the Aetna Mines, John Lawley, when he discovered the spring in the 1880s.

On June 9, 2009 it was announced that The Aetna Springs Resort would close Snell Valley

Snell Valley

Snell Valley is a depression landform in Napa County, California. This feature is located approximately five miles north of Aetna Springs. The valley is noted for its diversity of wildflowers, and within Snell Valley is the Missimer Wildflower Preserve. An example of wildflowers in Snell Valley is...

 lies to the north of Aetna Springs.

Politics

In the state legislature

California State Legislature

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, Aetna Springs is in the 2nd Senate District

California's 2nd State Senate district

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 and in the 7th Assembly District

California's 7th State Assembly district

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. Federally, Aetna Springs is located in California's 1st congressional district

California's 1st congressional district

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In literature

Aetna Springs is the locale of Frances Marion

Frances Marion

Frances Marion was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the twentieth century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos.-Career:...

's Valley People, a book of short stories published in 1935.