Walnut Creek, California
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Walnut Creek as seen from Acalanes Open Space
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 Location of Walnut Creek within California |
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 City of Walnut Creek
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| Coordinates: 37°54′23″N 122°03′54″W / 37.90639°N 122.06500°WCoordinates: 37°54′23″N 122°03′54″W / 37.90639°N 122.06500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Contra Costa |
| First settled | 1849 |
| Incorporated | October 21, 1914 |
| Government | |
| • Type | General Law |
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| • U. S. Congress | Mark DeSaulnier (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19.769 sq mi (51.201 km2) |
| • Land | 19.757 sq mi (51.169 km2) |
| • Water | 0.012 sq mi (0.031 km2) 0.06% |
| Elevation | 131 ft (40 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 64,173 |
| • Density | 3,200/sq mi (1,300/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 94595–94598 |
| Area code(s) | 925 |
| FIPS code | 06-83346 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660120, 2412174 |
| Website | Official website |
Walnut Creek is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located 16 miles (26 kilometres) east of the city of Oakland in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Although not the largest city within the county, Walnut Creek serves as a hub for its neighboring cities because of its location at the junction of (I-680) and San Francisco/Oakland (SR-24) and its accessibility by BART. Its active downtown neighborhood features hundred-year-old buildings and extensive high-end retail establishments, restaurants and entertainment venues. As of 2014, the city's total estimated population is 67,673.
There are three bands of Bay Miwok Indians associated with early Walnut Creek: the Saclan, whose territory extended through the hills east of present-day Oakland, Rossmoor, Lafayette, Moraga, and Walnut Creek; the Volvon (also spelled Bolbon, Wolwon, and Zuicun) at Mt. Diablo; and the Tactan at Danville and Walnut Creek, on San Ramon Creek.
Today's Walnut Creek is located amidst the earlier site of four Mexican land grants. One of these land grants – measuring 18,000 acres (73 km2) – belonged to Juana Sanchez de Pacheco, who deeded it to her two grandsons. Ygnacio Sibrian, one of the grandsons, created the first roofed home in the valley in about 1850. The grant was called Rancho Arroyo de Las Nueces y Bolbones, named after the principal waterway, Arroyo de las Nueces (Walnut Creek) as well as for the local group of indigenous Americans (Bolbones). The Arroyo de las Nueces was named for the occurrence in the valley of the native species of walnut tree, the California Walnut.
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