Fremont, California
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A view of Mission Peak from Fremont Central Park in 2006.
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 Location of Fremont within Alameda County, California |
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 Fremont, California
Fremont, California
Fremont, California
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| Coordinates: 37°32′54″N 121°59′19″W / 37.54833°N 121.98861°WCoordinates: 37°32′54″N 121°59′19″W / 37.54833°N 121.98861°W | ||
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 United States |
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| State |
 California
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 Alameda
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| Incorporated | January 23, 1956 | |
| Named for | John Charles Frémont | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Council–manager | |
| • City council |
Mayor Lily Mei Vice Mayor Suzanne Lee Chan Vinnie Bacon Rick Jones |
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| • City manager | Fred Diaz | |
| • State senator | Bob Wieckowski (D) | |
| • Assemblymembers | Bill Quirk (D) and Kansen Chu (D) | |
| • United States representatives | Eric Swalwell (D) and Ro Khanna (D) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 87.6 sq mi (226.9 km2) | |
| • Land | 77.5 sq mi (200.6 km2) | |
| • Water | 10.2 sq mi (26.3 km2) 11.6% | |
| Elevation | 56 ft (17 m) | |
| Population (2014) | ||
| • Total | 220,000 | |
| • Estimate (2016) | 232,206 | |
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2nd in Alameda County 16th in California 96th in the United States |
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| • Density | 2,500/sq mi (970/km2) | |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC−8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | |
| ZIP codes | 94536–94539, 94555 | |
| Area code | 510 | |
| FIPS code | 06-26000 | |
| GNIS feature IDs | 277521, 2410545 | |
| Website | www |
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Fremont (/ˈfriːmɒnt/ FREE-mont) is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs. The city is named after American explorer John Charles Frémont.
Located in the southeast section of the San Francisco Bay Area in the East Bay region primarily, Fremont has a population of around 230,000. It is the fourth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the largest suburb in the metropolis. It is the closest East Bay city to Silicon Valley, and is thus sometimes associated with it.
The area consisting of Fremont, Newark (an enclave of Fremont), and Union City (formed from the communities of Alvarado and Decoto), is now known as the Tri-City Area.
Fremont is home to the largest population of Afghan Americans in the United States.
The recorded history of the Fremont area began on June 6, 1795, when Mission San José was founded by the Spaniard Father Fermin de Lasuen. The Mission was established at the site of the Ohlone village of Oroysom. On their second day in the area, the Mission party killed a grizzly bear in Niles Canyon. The first English-speaking visitor to Fremont was the renowned trapper and explorer Jedediah Smith in 1827. The Mission prospered, eventually reaching a population of 1,887 inhabitants in 1831. The influence of the missionaries declined after 1834, when the Mexican government enacted secularization.
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