Luzon, California
Luzon | |
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  Luzon Location in California | |
| Coordinates: 38°00′52″N 122°15′05″W / 38.01444°N 122.25139°WCoordinates: 38°00′52″N 122°15′05″W / 38.01444°N 122.25139°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Contra Costa County |
| Elevation | 95 ft (29 m) |
| GNIS ID[1][2] | 1659027 |
| FIPS code[1][2] | 06-44550 |
Luzon,[1] formerly known as Lutzon, is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States.[1] It is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 6.25 miles (10 km) west of Martinez,[3] at an elevation of 95 feet (29 m).[1] The place was named after Luzon island in the Philippines.[3][4]
The rail line along which Luzon was built was originally the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad constructed in the late 1890s. The line was merged into the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in 1901[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Luzon (Contra Costa County, California)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
"FIPS55 Data: California". FIPS55 Data. United States Geological Survey. February 23, 2006. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved May 11, 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help); External link in|work=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 658. ISBN 1-884995-14-4. Search this book on
- ↑ Gudde, Erwin G. California Place Names, p. 186 (1960) ("The station of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad was named at the time of the Spanish-American War, when Philippine place names were exceedingly popular.")
- ↑ Walker's Manual of Far Western Corporations & Securities, Volume 5, Part 1913, p. 183
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