Eastport, California

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Eastport
Location in California
Coordinates: 37°50′23″N122°10′50″W / 37.83972°N 122.18056°W / 37.83972; -122.18056 Coordinates: 37°50′23″N122°10′50″W / 37.83972°N 122.18056°W / 37.83972; -122.18056 [1]
Country United States
State California
County Contra Costa County
Elevation
[1]
840 ft (256 m)
GNIS ID [1] [2] 1658467
FIPS code [1] [2] 06-21005

Eastport is a small unincorporated community in southern Contra Costa County, California. [1]

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Geography

Eastport is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Moraga, [3] at an elevation of 840 feet (256 m). [1] It lies along Pinehurst Road between Oakland and Canyon, which is the closest settlement.

Eastport's ZIP Code is 94516. The community is inside area codes 510 and 341.

History

Eastport is located at what was the eastern portal of the Sacramento Northern Railroad Redwood Peak Tunnel (abandoned 1957), hence the name.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Eastport (Contra Costa County, California)". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "FIPS55 Data: California". FIPS55 Data . United States Geological Survey. February 23, 2006. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved May 10, 2014.External link in |work= (help)
  3. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 628. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.