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Also known as Castro Valley, California, Castro Valley, CA

census-designated place in Alameda County, California, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
California
County
Alameda
Named after
Don Guillermo Castro
State senate
Tim Grayson ( D )
State assembly
Liz Ortega ( D )
U s congress
Vacant
Total
17.07 sq mi (44.21 km )
Land
16.85 sq mi (43.64 km )
Water
0.22 sq mi (0.57 km ) 1.68%
Elevation
161 ft (49 m)
Density
3,943.5/sq mi (1,522.58/km )
Time zone
UTC-8 ( PST )
Summer dst
UTC-7 ( PDT )
Zip codes
94546, 94552
Area codes
510, 341
Fips code
06-11964
Gnis feature ids
1658237 , 2407987

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Encyclopedic overview

Castro Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alameda County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, it was the fourth most populous unincorporated area in California. The population was 66,441 at the 2020 census.

Castro Valley is named after Guillermo Castro, a noted 19th-century Mexican Californio ranchero who owned the land where the community is located.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castro Valley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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