Winters is a city in rural Yolo County, and the western Sacramento Valley, in northern California, United States.The average household income in Winters is $148,333 with a poverty rate of 6.55%.Winters is a small city located on Putah Creek in the western Sacramento Valley, near the California Coastal Range.William Wolfskill, a Kentucky immigrant to Mexican Alta California, received a Mexican land grant for Rancho Rio de los Putos in 1842 from Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado.His brother, John Reid Wolfskill, started the agricultural development of the Sacramento Valley by planting orchards and vineyards on his lands.[10] In 1849, William Wolfskill transferred half of Rancho Rio de los Putos to John Wolfskill, and transferred the rest to his brother in 1854.[12] The name honors Theodore Winters, whose ranch provided half of the town's land.[14] The current elected members of the Winters City Council are: Other elected or appointed city officials include: According to Winters' 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[18] the top employers in the city are: At the 2010 census Winters had a population of 6,624.At the 2000 census there were 6,125 people in 1,907 households, including 1,546 families, in the city.