2006-08-24 16:03:34 · 15 answers · asked by rhapsody11 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ San Francisco
Oakland's in Alameda County.
2006-08-27 08:17:26 · answer #1 · answered by oaksterdamhippiechick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alameda County
2006-08-28 12:55:37 · answer #2 · answered by M3 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alameda County
2006-08-25 09:09:37 · answer #3 · answered by E Y 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alameda County
2006-08-25 02:13:57 · answer #4 · answered by alandicho 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oakland is in Alameda County
2006-08-26 03:32:48 · answer #5 · answered by Mike R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alameda County.
2006-08-25 19:00:57 · answer #6 · answered by Fresh Prince 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
G'day Rhapsody11,
Thank you for your question.
Oakland is the county seat of Alameda County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city's population was 399,484, making it the third largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area after San Jose and San Francisco. Its mayor is Jerry Brown who is a former Governor of California.
Alameda County occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2000 census it had a population of 1,443,741 making it the 7th largest county in the state. Alameda County currently has the highest sales tax rate in California, which is 8.75%.
The county was formed on March 25, 1853 from portions of Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties.
The word 'alameda' means 'a place where poplar trees grow', a name which originally was given to El Arroyo de la Alameda (Alameda Creek). The willow and sycamore trees along the banks of the river reminded the early explorers of a road lined with trees, also known as an 'alameda'.
The county seat at the time it was formed was located at Alvarado; it was moved to San Leandro in 1856 where it was destroyed by the devastating 1868 quake on the Hayward Fault. The county seat was then re-established in the town of Brooklyn from 1872-1875. Brooklyn is now part of Oakland, which has been the county seat since 1873.
Much of what is now considered an intensively urban region, with major cities, was developed as a trolley car suburb of San Francisco in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The historical progression from native American tribal lands to Spanish Land Grants, thence to farms, ranches, and orchards, suburbs and eventually cities, is shared with the adjacent Contra Costa County.
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2006-08-24 16:13:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oakland is in Alameda County, California - not in Oregon - however there is an Oakland in the state Oregon.
2006-08-24 16:11:03 · answer #8 · answered by Cupcake 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oakland California is located in the county of Alameda
It is in the East Bay, just across the bay from San Francisco
2006-08-26 05:03:36 · answer #9 · answered by LJRobbie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was an episode of "Full House" where one of the girls took a flight to Auckland, NZ because she thought that they said Oakland.
Don't let this confuse you!
Oakland is in Alameda County... Not in the Country of New Zealand.
2006-08-27 10:31:37 · answer #10 · answered by Education_is_future 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋