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Alamo (Spanish: Álamo; meaning "Poplar tree") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, California, in the United States. It is a suburb located in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay region, approximately 28 miles (45 km) east of San Francisco . [ 5 ]
The state of California was divided into three numbering plan areas (NPAs) with distinct area codes: 213, 415, and 916, for the southern, central, and northern parts of the state, respectively. [ 1 ] In 1949, Oakland, CA, received the fifth regional dial switching center for Operator Toll Dialing in the nation, [ 2 ] which set the stage for ...
The former San Jose City Hall in 1854; San Jose's is California's oldest civilian settlement, founded in 1777. On January 4, 1850, the California constitutional committee recommended the formation of 18 counties.
The building became Ventura City Hall in January 1974 when the majority of the city's offices were relocated from the former city hall at 625 E. Santa Clara Street to the renovated courthouse. [44] The old city hall had only 12,240 square feet of space, compared to approximately 49,000 square feet in the new city hall. [40]
City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in California (11 P) Pages in category "City halls in California" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Alameda City Hall is a historic city hall civic building in Alameda, California. [2] [3] The building has been continually used since it was first built in 1895. [2]It has a historical marker erected in 1998 by the Native Sons of the Golden West; [4] and is listed as one of the National Register of Historic Places since 1980.
The name Cantu commemorated Col. Esteban Cantu, governor of the northernmost district of Baja California from 1915 to 1920. [2] The Inter-California Railway formerly served Andrade. The nearby Alamo Canal was built in 1901, the All-American Canal built in 1930s. California State Route 186 was built in 1917 and number assigned was given in 1972 ...
Alamorio (from Spanish Álamo and Río meaning "poplar tree" and "river") [2] is an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California. [1] It is located 12.5 miles (20 km), north-northwest of Holtville, [3] at an elevation of 128 feet (40 m) below sea level. [1] The community resides along the Alamo River and California State Route 78.