Alamo, California
| Alamo | |
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| census-designated place | |
Downtown Alamo
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 Location in Contra Costa County and the state of California |
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 Alamo
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| Coordinates: 37°51′01″N 122°01′56″W / 37.85028°N 122.03222°WCoordinates: 37°51′01″N 122°01′56″W / 37.85028°N 122.03222°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Contra Costa |
| Government | |
| • State Senator | Steve Glazer (D) |
| • State Assembly | Catharine Baker (R) |
| • U. S. Congress | Mark DeSaulnier (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.667 sq mi (25.037 km2) |
| • Land | 9.667 sq mi (25.037 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 259 ft (79 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 14,570 |
| • Density | 1,500/sq mi (580/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 94507 |
| Area code(s) | 925 |
| FIPS code | 06-00618 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1657900, 2407707 |
Alamo 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, c. 28 miles (45 km) east of San Francisco. Alamo is equidistant between the city of Walnut Creek and the incorporated town of Danville. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,750.
Alamo (from the Spanish álamo, "poplar") was named for the poplar trees that lined San Ramon Creek.
As an unincorporated community, Alamo does not have a government of its own. Police services are provided by the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff. Fire and EMS services are provided by the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District.
Alamo has a median household income of $140,561 (as of 2011[update]). In August, 2007, a group of citizens launched a new initiative to incorporate the community, the latest in a series of attempts that go back to the early 1960s or before. Previous failed Alamo incorporation efforts always included parts of other nearby unincorporated areas: Alamo-Danville (1964) and Alamo-Danville-San Ramon (1976). This latest Alamo incorporation effort was defeated by referendum in March, 2009.
Humans have lived in this area for over 5,000 years. The Tatcan Indians, a Bay Miwok tribe closely connected to the Saclans of Walnut Creek, lived in Alamo in the eighteenth century.
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