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Welcome to Alvarado ...

So far, we found very little information about Alvarado. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Alvarado to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Alvarado, please Contact Us.

Alvarado would have been located within present day Alameda County<2>.

Alvarado was established in 1851.

Time Zone: The area where Alvarado was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Going back to its beginning, Alvarado was originally named New Haven. For more information about the names of Alvarado, see The Names of Alvarado on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Alvarado ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Alvarado - they are located in Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Alvarado ...

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

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 Alvarado. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alvarado.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alvarado. 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 Alvarado.

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

Adding Alvarado to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alvarado in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Alvarado was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

X2X - From that list, the Alvarado post office opened in 1853.

We also found Alvarado in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alvarado.

The official website for Alameda County: www.acgov.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Alvarado, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Alameda, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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