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Fremont, California
City
City of Fremont
A view of Mission Peak from Fremont Central Park in 2006.
A view of Mission Peak from Fremont Central Park in 2006.
Official seal of Fremont, California
Seal
Location of Fremont in Alameda County, California.
Location of Fremont in Alameda County, California.
Fremont, California is located in California
Fremont, California
Fremont, California
Fremont, California is located in the US
Fremont, California
Fremont, California
Fremont, California is located in North America
Fremont, California
Fremont, California
Location of Fremont in Alameda County, California.
Coordinates: 37°32′54″N 121°59′19″W / 37.54833°N 121.98861°W / 37.54833; -121.98861Coordinates: 37°32′54″N 121°59′19″W / 37.54833°N 121.98861°W / 37.54833; -121.98861
Country  United States
State  California
County Alameda
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
 • 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 87.62 sq mi (226.92 km2)
 • Land 77.47 sq mi (200.63 km2)
 • Water 10.15 sq mi (26.29 km2)  11.6%
Elevation 56 ft (17 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 214,089
 • Estimate (2016) 233,136
 • Rank 2nd in Alameda County
16th in California
96th in the United States
 • Density 3,009.57/sq mi (1,162.00/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.fremont.gov

Fremont (/ˈfrmɒnt/ 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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