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Alameda County, California

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
163historic places
—earliest paper
1853formed
1,682,353pop. 2020
26cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 163 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 7 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Berkeley, Oakland, Alameda.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for California is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Alameda titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

129 of 163 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

163 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
10th Street MarketOaklandBuilding2001
Abbey, The-Joaquin Miller House NHLOaklandBuilding1966
Alameda City HallAlamedaBuilding1980
Alameda County Building and Loan Association BuildingOaklandBuilding2016
Alameda Free LibraryAlamedaBuilding1982
Alameda High SchoolAlamedaBuilding1977
Alameda Veterans' Memorial BuildingAlamedaBuilding2007
AltenheimOaklandBuilding2007
American Bag Co.-Union Hide Co.OaklandBuilding1999
Anna Head School for GirlsBerkeleyBuilding1980
Bachelder, Thomas Foxwell, BarnSunolBuilding1994
Bank of ItalyLivermoreBuilding1978
Berkeley Day NurseryBerkeleyBuilding1977
Berkeley High School Campus Historic DistrictBerkeleyDistrict2008
Berkeley Hillside ClubBerkeleyBuilding2004
Berkeley Historic Civic Center DistrictBerkeleyDistrict1998
Berkeley Public LibraryBerkeleyBuilding1982
Berkeley Women's City ClubBerkeleyBuilding1977
Boone's University SchoolBerkeleyBuilding1982
Bowles HallBerkeleyBuilding1989
Brooklyn Presbyterian ChurchOaklandBuilding2017
California Cotton Mills Company FactoryOaklandBuilding2013
California HallBerkeleyBuilding1982
California HotelOaklandBuilding1988
California Memorial StadiumBerkeleyStructure2006
California Nursery Co. Guest HouseFremontBuilding1971
Cameron-Stanford HouseOaklandBuilding1972
Casa PeraltaSan LeandroBuilding1982
Chamber of Commerce BuildingBerkeleyBuilding1985
Church of the Good Shepherd-EpiscopalBerkeleyBuilding1986
City HallBerkeleyBuilding1981
Claremont Country ClubOaklandDistrict2026
Clay BuildingOaklandBuilding1978
Cloyne Court HotelBerkeleyBuilding1992
Cohen, Alfred H., HouseOaklandBuilding1973
College Women's ClubBerkeleyBuilding1982
Corder BuildingBerkeleyBuilding1982
Cowell Memorial HospitalBerkeleyBuilding1993
Croll BuildingAlamedaBuilding1982
Doe Memorial LibraryBerkeleyBuilding1982
Downtown Oakland Historic DistrictOaklandDistrict1998
Drawing BuildingBerkeleyBuilding1976
Dunns BlockOaklandBuilding1978
Dunsmuir HouseOaklandBuilding1972
Durant HallBerkeleyBuilding1982
Eden Congregational ChurchHaywardBuilding2007
Edwards, George C., StadiumBerkeleyDistrict1993
EllistonSunolBuilding1985
Faculty ClubBerkeleyBuilding1982
Federal Realty BuildingOaklandBuilding1979
First Church of Christ, Scientist NHLBerkeleyBuilding1977
First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary BuildingAlamedaBuilding1980
First Unitarian ChurchBerkeleyBuilding1981
First Unitarian Church of OaklandOaklandBuilding1977
Founders' RockBerkeleySite1982
Fox CourtBerkeleyBuilding1982
Fox-Oakland TheaterOaklandBuilding1979
Garfield Intermediate SchoolBerkeleyBuilding1982
Giannini HallBerkeleyBuilding1982
Girton HallBerkeleyBuilding1991
Golden Sheaf BakeryBerkeleyBuilding1978
Greek Orthodox Church of the AssumptionOaklandBuilding1978
Green Shutter HotelHaywardBuilding2004
Hagemann Ranch Historic DistrictLivermoreDistrict2008
Harrison and Fifteenth Sts. Historic DistrictOaklandDistrict1996
Havens, Weston, HouseBerkeleyBuilding2008
Haviland HallBerkeleyBuilding1982
Hearst Greek TheatreBerkeleySite1982
Hearst Gymnasium for WomenBerkeleyBuilding1982
Hearst Memorial Mining BuildingBerkeleyBuilding1982
Heathcote-MacKenzie HousePleasantonBuilding1991
Heinold's First and Last Chance SaloonOaklandBuilding2000
Hilgard HallBerkeleyBuilding1982
Hillside SchoolBerkeleyBuilding1982
Hotel MenloOaklandBuilding2020
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of AlamedaAlamedaBuilding2023
Kahn's Department StoreOaklandBuilding1989
Kottinger, John W., Adobe BarnPleasantonBuilding1985
Ladies' Relief Society Children's HomeOaklandBuilding2006
Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge NHLOaklandSite1966
LeConte HallBerkeleyBuilding2004
Liberty HallOaklandBuilding1989
Lightship WAL-605, RELIEF NHLOaklandStructure1989
Livermore Carnegie Library and ParkLivermoreBuilding2011
Livermore Veterans Administration Hospital, Building 62LivermoreBuilding2020
Locke HouseOaklandBuilding1989
Loring HouseBerkeleyBuilding1989
M.V. SANTA ROSAOaklandStructure1979
Madison Park ApartmentsOaklandBuilding1982
Main Post Office and Federal BuildingOaklandBuilding1980
Masonic TempleBerkeleyBuilding1982
Masonic Temple and LodgeAlamedaBuilding1982
McCrea HouseOaklandBuilding1982
Meek Mansion and Carriage HouseHaywardBuilding1973
Melrose Baptist ChurchOaklandBuilding2017
Mills HallOaklandBuilding1971
Mission San JoseFremontBuilding1971
Montgomery Ward and CompanyOaklandBuilding1999
Murphy, D. J., HouseLivermoreBuilding1978
Naval Air Station Alameda Historic DistrictAlamedaDistrict2013
Niles Canyon Transcontinental Railroad Historic DistrictFremont, Sunol, and PleasantonDistrict2010
North Gate HallBerkeleyBuilding1982
Oakland AuditoriumOaklandBuilding2021
Oakland City HallOaklandBuilding1983
Oakland Free Library-23rd Avenue BranchOaklandBuilding1996
Oakland Free Library-Alden BranchOaklandBuilding1996
Oakland Free Library-Golden Gate BranchOaklandBuilding1996
Oakland Free Library-Melrose BranchOaklandBuilding1996
Oakland HotelOaklandBuilding1979
Oakland Iron Works-United Works, and the Remillard Brick CompanyOaklandBuilding1983
Oakland Lamp WorksOaklandBuilding2015
Oakland Public LibraryOaklandBuilding1983
Oakland Waterfront Warehouse DistrictOaklandDistrict2000
Oakland YWCA BuildingOaklandBuilding1984
Olsen, Donald and Helen, HouseBerkeleyBuilding2010
Pacific Gas & Electric Company BuildingOaklandBuilding1986
Pacific Press BuildingOaklandBuilding1975
Panoramic HillBerkeleyDistrict2005
Paramount Theatre NHLOaklandBuilding1973
Pardee HouseOaklandBuilding1976
Park Street Historic Commercial DistrictAlamedaDistrict1982
Patterson, George Washington, Ranch-ArdenwoodFremontDistrict1985
People’s ParkBerkeleySite2022
Peralta HouseSan LeandroBuilding1978
Peralta, Antonio Maria, HouseOaklandBuilding1977
Peterson HouseAlbanyBuilding1982
Phi Delta Theta Chapter HouseBerkeleyBuilding1983
RavenswoodLivermoreBuilding1979
Remar BakeryEmeryvilleBuilding2002
Room 307, Gilman Hall, University of California NHLBerkeleyBuilding1966
Sather Gate and BridgeBerkeleyStructure1982
Sather TowerBerkeleyBuilding1982
Security Bank and Trust Company BuildingOaklandBuilding1982
Senior HallBerkeleyBuilding1974
Shinn Ranch FarmsteadFremontDistrict2026
South Berkeley Community ChurchBerkeleyBuilding2007
South HallBerkeleyBuilding1982
Southern Pacific 16th Street Station and 16th Street TowerOaklandBuilding2025
St. John's Presbyterian ChurchBerkeleyBuilding1974
St. Joseph's BasilicaAlamedaBuilding1978
St. Joseph's Home for the AgedOaklandBuilding2016
St. Raymond's ChurchDublinSite2006
State Asylum for the Deaf,Dumb and BlindBerkeleyDistrict1982
Studio BuildingBerkeleyBuilding1978
The Bellevue-StatenOaklandBuilding1991
Thorsen, William R., HouseBerkeleyBuilding1978
Toverii TuppaBerkeleyBuilding1978
Treadwell Mansion and Carriage HouseOaklandBuilding1977
Trinity ChurchOaklandBuilding1982
Tupper and Reed BuildingBerkeleyBuilding1982
U.S. Post OfficeBerkeleyBuilding1981
USS POTOMAC (yacht) NHLOaklandStructure1987
Union Iron Works PowerhouseAlamedaBuilding1980
Union Iron Works Turbine Machine ShopAlamedaBuilding1980
University Art MuseumBerkeleyBuilding2014
University High SchoolOaklandBuilding1992
University HouseBerkeleyBuilding1982
Washington Union High SchoolFremontBuilding1981
Wellman HallBerkeleyBuilding1982
Wetmore HousePiedmontBuilding1978
Wheeler HallBerkeleyBuilding1982
White MansionOaklandBuilding1980
Women's Athletic Club of Alameda CountyOaklandBuilding2009

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Alameda was formed in 1853 (1853-03-25) from Contra Costa, Santa Clara.

ALAMEDA created from CONTRA COSTA and SANTA CLARA. Included small, non-mappable changes.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Alameda County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1.7M846k8,9271860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
8,92762,976130,197344,177513,011740,315908,2091,105,3791,443,7411,682,353

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Eugene O'Neill National Historic SitePark unit22.3 km
John Muir National Historic SitePark unit42.5 km
Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical ParkPark unit49.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

26 cemeteries and 10 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 26 of 26 listed
NameLatLon
All Saints Cemetery37.66791-122.0757
Cedar Lawn Memorial Cemetery37.46503-121.91476
Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery37.61271-122.0255
Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park37.61234-122.02434
Dublin Pioneer Cemetery37.70018-121.93879
Evergreen Cemetery37.77206-122.17951
Evergreen Mausoleum37.77132-122.1783
Fremont Memorial Park37.53134-121.96417
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery37.64882-122.06385
Holy Spirit Cemetery37.54123-122.01488
Home of Peace Cemetery37.77935-122.20317
Lone Tree Cemetery37.67465-122.04941
Memory Gardens Cemetery37.67911-121.75297
Mission San Jose Cemetery37.53417-121.91972
Mount Calvary Cemetery37.71771-122.12385
Mount Eden Cemetery37.63823-122.11138
Mountain View Cemetery37.83314-122.23873
Oak Knoll Cemetery37.67687-121.78912
Ohlones Cemetery37.53175-121.93575
Pleasanton Memorial Gardens Cemetery37.64694-121.88
Presbyterian Cemetery37.56007-122.0082
Roselawn Cemetery37.69525-121.77402
Saint Josephs Cemetery37.51724-121.91898
Saint Mary Cemetery37.83537-122.24273
Saint Michaels Cemetery37.67826-121.75162
San Lorenzo Cemetery37.69-122.12861
Historical populated places — 10 of 10
NameLatLon
Asco37.68299-121.87273
Clinton37.79632-122.25136
Drawbridge37.46633-121.97496
Elliot37.67271-121.83884
Greenville37.71993-121.69912
Mallard37.54633-121.9569
Merienda37.58743-121.96163
Radum37.67021-121.85912
Remillard37.67132-121.85357
Robert37.67688-122.15663

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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