Alden, California

Alden (also, North Temescal) is a former settlement in Alameda County, California. It was located 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Oakland.^[1]

A post office opened in North Temescal in 1877, the name was changed to Alden in 1899, and the post office closed in 1908.^[1] The name commemorated S.E. Alden, farmer and landowner.^[1] Coordinates for the post office are listed at USGS website. The USGS coordinates for the former Alden post office is now in the shopping village in the neighborhood of Montclair, Oakland, California.

External links

USGS Geographic Names Information Service GNIS

Notes

1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 674. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Alameda County, California, United States

County seat: Oakland

Cities	Alameda Albany Berkeley Dublin Emeryville Fremont Hayward Livermore Newark Oakland Piedmont Pleasanton San Leandro Union City

CDPs	Ashland Castro Valley Cherryland Fairview San Lorenzo Sunol

Unincorporated communities	Albrae Altamont Asco Baumberg Brightside Brookshire Carpenter Dougherty Dresser East Pleasanton Farwell Hall Station Halvern Kilkare Woods Komandorski Village Lorenzo Station Mattos Mendenhall Springs Midway Mountain House Mowry Landing Radum San Ramon Village Scotts Corner Sorenson Verona

Former settlements	Alden Alisal Alvarado Ann Brooklyn Carnegie Decoto Drawbridge Eden Landing Elliot Goecken Greenville Hacienda Hayward Heath Laddville Larkin's Landing Lynn Mallard Melita Merienda Monte Vista Mount Eden Remillard Robert Russell City Stokes Landing Tesla

Coordinates: 37°49′37″N 122°12′33″W / 37.826871°N 122.209134°W / 37.826871; -122.209134

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