San Lorenzo | |
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 Location in Alameda County and the state of California | |
  San Lorenzo Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 37°40′52″N 122°07′28″W / 37.68111°N 122.12444°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Alameda |
| Government | |
| • State Senate | Aisha Wahab (D)[1] |
| • State Assembly | Liz Ortega (D)[2] |
| • U. S. Congress | Eric Swalwell (D)[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.770 sq mi (7.17 km2) |
| • Land | 2.763 sq mi (7.16 km2) |
| • Water | 0.007 sq mi (0.02 km2) 0.24% |
| Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Population (2020)[6] | |
• Total | 29,581 |
| • Density | 11,000/sq mi (4,100/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 94580 |
| Area code(s) | 510, 341 |
| FIPS code | 06-68112 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 232433, 1659583, 2409260 |
San Lorenzo (Spanish for "St. Lawrence") is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area in Alameda County, California, United States. The population was 29,581 at the 2020 census.[6] It is an unincorporated community, located at the banks of San Lorenzo Creek. It was originally named Squattersville in 1851, but later renamed to San Lorenzo.[7]
In 1944, under contract to the U.S. Navy, The David D. Bohannon Company began construction of San Lorenzo Village, which was one of the nation's first planned communities, with parcels designated for schools, churches, parks, and several retail centers. Bohannon's pioneering pre-cutting techniques, referred to as the "California method,"[8] were used in later developments, such as the more famous Levittown, Pennsylvania.
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- ^ "Members Assembly". State of California. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- ^ "California's 14th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
- ^ U.S. Census Archived 2012-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "San Lorenzo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: San Lorenzo CDP, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
- ^ Capace, Nancy (1999). Encyclopedia of California. North American Book Dist LLC. Page 414. ISBN 9780403093182.
- ^ Hope, Andrew (Summer 2005). "Evaluating the Significance of San Lorenzo Village, A Mid-20th Century Suburban Community" (PDF). CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship. 2 (2): 53. Retrieved March 2, 2024.