Pinole, California
| City of Pinole | ||
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Old Town Pinole
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| Motto: Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future | ||
 Location of Pinole within California |
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 City of Pinole
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| Coordinates: 38°00′16″N 122°17′28″W / 38.00444°N 122.29111°WCoordinates: 38°00′16″N 122°17′28″W / 38.00444°N 122.29111°W | ||
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 United States
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 California
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| County | Contra Costa | |
| Settled (by Europeans) | 1772 | |
| Incorporated | June 25, 1903 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | council-manager | |
| • City Manager | Belinda B. Espinosa | |
| • Mayor | Debbie Long | |
| • Mayor pro Tem | Timothy Banuelos | |
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Sen. Nancy Skinner (D) Asm. Tony Thurmond (D) |
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| • U. S. Congress | Mike Thompson (D) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 13.575 sq mi (35.160 km2) | |
| • Land | 5.323 sq mi (13.787 km2) | |
| • Water | 8.252 sq mi (21.372 km2) 60.79% | |
| Elevation | 23 ft (31 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 18,390 | |
| • Density | 1,400/sq mi (520/km2) | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | |
| ZIP code | 94564 | |
| Area code(s) | 510 | |
| FIPS code | 06-57288 | |
| GNIS feature IDs | 277576, 2411428 | |
| Website | www |
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Pinole is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 18,390 at the 2010 census.
The name derives from “pinole”, a Native American word for a kind of flour made from the seeds of maize, chia, and various other grasses and annual herbs. An expedition under Pedro Fages was said to have run out of provisions while exploring the area, and been fed pinole by a local village, and so the Spaniards named their camp “El Pinole”.
In 1823, Ygnacio Martinez, commandant of the Presidio of San Francisco, received a land grant of Rancho El Pinole from the Mexican government. Martinez built a hacienda in Pinole Valley at the present side of Pinole Valley Park. During the 1850s, Bernardo Fernandez, a Portuguese immigrant, started a trading facility on the shores of San Pablo Bay and eventually built the historic Fernandez Mansion, which still stands today at the end of Tennent Avenue. From these early beginnings, a small but thriving community grew into the city now known as Pinole.
The settlement grew with the coming of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1878 and the establishment of the California Powder Works in nearby Hercules. During this period, this city had an active waterfront and was a regional commercial and banking center. The first post office also opened in 1878. The City of Pinole was incorporated in 1903.
Pinole and the surrounding area grew rapidly during the post-World War II boom. With the coming of Interstate 80 in 1958, the town evolved into a suburban bedroom community within the San Francisco/Oakland commuter belt. Much of its original industry was displaced during this time, and the town became predominantly residential.
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