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San Lorenzo is named after Rancho San Lorenzo, a vast estate granted in 1841 to Don Guillermo Castro, a noted Californio ranchero.. San Lorenzo is located on the route of El Camino Viejo on land of the former Rancho San Lorenzo, a Mexican land grant given to Guillermo Castro in 1841, and the former Rancho San Leandro, granted to José Joaquin Estudillo in 1842.
This list of current: cities; towns, unincorporated communities; counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of California.; Information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper ZIP code bounds, if applicable are also included.
Eden Township (in yellow, center left) within Alameda County as of 1878. Eden Township is a historical township of Alameda County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area region, which includes the present-day cities of Hayward and San Leandro, as well as the unincorporated census-designated areas of Ashland, Castro Valley, Cherryland, Fairview, and San Lorenzo. [1]
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Ashland shares a postal zip code with the neighboring unincorporated community of San Lorenzo to the southwest, as well as the close by cities of Hayward to the south and San Leandro to the north. Ashland has been informally, albeit incorrectly, known as "unincorporated San Leandro" or "unincorporated Hayward" due to Ashland not having its own ...
With the arrival of Europeans, they established Mission San Jose in 1797. The area Castro Valley now occupies was part of the extensive colony of New Spain in what was the province of Alta California. Castro Valley was part of the original 28,000 acre (110 km 2) land grant given to Castro in 1840, called Rancho San Lorenzo.
The I-238 number was specifically requested by the state of California so it could match the California Streets and Highways Code and because all three-digit combinations of I-80 (the primary two-digit Interstate in the Bay Area) were already being used in the state.
The three valleys are Amador Valley, Livermore Valley, and San Ramon Valley. The Tri-Valley encompasses the cities of Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton and San Ramon, the town of Danville, and the CDPs of Alamo, Blackhawk, Camino Tassajara, Diablo, and Norris Canyon. The area is known for its Mediterranean climate, wineries, and nature.