Welcome to Giant ...

Giant is located in Contra Costa County<1>.

The location of Giant has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Giant, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Giant is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: Giant lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Giant ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Giant - it's located in South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Giant.

Communities near Giant ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Giant.

• San Francisco
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Francisco
  • San Francisco is located in San Francisco County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 866,606 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Francisco <4>
• Oakland
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Oakland is located in Alameda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 424,891 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakland <4>
• Concord
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Concord is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 128,544 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <4>
• Berkeley
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley
  • Berkeley is located in Alameda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 122,726 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berkeley <4>
• Vallejo
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallejo
  • Vallejo is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 120,747 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vallejo <4>
• Richmond
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
  • Richmond is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,038 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <4>
• Alameda
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
  • Alameda is located in Alameda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 78,841 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alameda <4>
• Walnut Creek
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
  • Walnut Creek is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,936 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walnut Creek <4>
• San Rafael
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Rafael
  • San Rafael is located in Marin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,528 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Rafael <4>
• Novato
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novato
  • Novato is located in Marin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,351 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Novato <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Giant. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Giant.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Giant. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Giant.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Giant. See our Newspapers Page for Giant.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Giant ...

Looking for more information about Giant? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Giant, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Giant.

Adding Giant to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Giant in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Giant was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Giant post office opened in 1895.

We also found Giant mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Giant.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Giant. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Contra Costa County: www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/