Crockett is a census-designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, in the East Bay sub-region of the San Francisco Bay Area in California, United States. The population was 3,094 at the 2010 census. It is located 28 miles northeast of San Francisco. Other nearby communities include Port Costa, Martinez, Vallejo, Benicia, Rodeo, Hercules, Pinole and Richmond.
Martinez is a city in and the county seat of Contra Costa County, California, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 35,824 at the 2010 census. The downtown is notable for its large number of preserved old buildings and antique shops. Martinez is located on the southern shore of the Carquinez Strait in the San Francisco Bay Area, directly facing the city center of Benicia and the southeastern end of Vallejo, California.
Port Costa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 190 at the 2010 census.
San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of San Francisco Bay in the East Bay and North Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California.
Suisun Bay is a shallow tidal estuary in northern California. It lies at the confluence of the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River, forming the entrance to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, an inverted river delta. Suisun Marsh, the tidal marsh land to the north, is the largest marsh in California. Grizzly Bay forms a northern extension of Suisun Bay. Suisun Bay is directly north of Contra Costa County.
The Carquinez Strait is a narrow tidal strait in Northern California. It is part of the tidal estuary of the Sacramento and the San Joaquin rivers as they drain into the San Francisco Bay. The strait is eight miles (13 km) long and connects Suisun Bay, which receives the waters of the combined rivers, with San Pablo Bay, a northern extension of the San Francisco Bay.
Selby is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California.
Brooks is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California located in the Capay Valley in the northwest of the county. Brooks' ZIP Code is 95606 and its area code 530. The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation is headquartered in Brooks. The town is home to a large casino Cache Creek Casino Resort. It lies at an elevation of 341 feet.
Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline is a regional park, part of the East Bay Regional Park District system, located in northwestern Contra Costa County, California.
Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline (RMRS) is a regional park on the shoreline of Carquinez Strait in Martinez, located in northern Contra Costa County, California. Formerly known as the Martinez Regional Shoreline, it was renamed on December 6, 2016, in honor of the late Ted Radke and his late wife Kathy Radke.
Stege, founded in 1876, was an unincorporated community in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The town has now been annexed and absorbed by the cities of Richmond and El Cerrito, California. It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-southeast of downtown Richmond, at an elevation of 23 feet. The site is now located in the area known as the Richmond Annex, at coordinates: 37°55′00″N122°19′38″W.
Greendale is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California. It is located on the Sacramento Northern Railroad 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southwest of Clarksburg, at an elevation of 13 feet.
Norton is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 4.25 miles (6.8 km) north of Winters, at an elevation of 177 feet.
Tancred is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California. It lies at an elevation of 299 feet.
Soto is a ghost town in Butte County, California, United States. It was located 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Chico on the Southern Pacific Railroad, at an elevation of 184 feet. It still appeared on maps as of 1904.
Halvern is an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-southeast of Hayward, at an elevation of 20 feet.
Sorenson is an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California. It is located on the Western Pacific Railroad 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southeast of Hayward, at an elevation of 79 feet. The city was named in honor of Harold Sorensen, a landowner who came to Hayward in 1881.
Cortena is an unincorporated community in Colusa County, California. It lies at the junction of the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Colusa and Lake Railroad, at an elevation of 79 feet. Colusa Junction had a post office from 1886 to 1914.
Delphos is an unincorporated community in Colusa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 75 feet. The community developed along the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Mococo is a former unincorporated community, now annexed to the city of Martinez, located in Contra Costa County, East Bay region, California. It became known as Mococo following the 1905 arrival of a smelting works, operated by the Mountain Copper Company.
