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Welcome to East Oakland ...

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

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

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


We aren't confident of the location of East Oakland, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of East Oakland, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for East Oakland: E. Oakland

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

Communities Also Named East Oakland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named East Oakland - they are located in Maryland and Ontario.

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

Communities near East Oakland ...

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

  • San Francisco
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hayward
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Concord
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Richmond
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Daly City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • San Mateo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • San Leandro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • San Ramon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Union City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
    • Union City is located in Alameda County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,501 people
    • Former name for Union City:
    • Decoto
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <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 East Oakland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Oakland.

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

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

Adding East Oakland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Oakland 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 East Oakland was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Oakland.

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 East Oakland, 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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