Sobrante, California
Sobrante | |
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  Sobrante Location in California | |
| Coordinates: 38°00′08″N 122°20′58″W / 38.00222°N 122.34944°WCoordinates: 38°00′08″N 122°20′58″W / 38.00222°N 122.34944°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Contra Costa County |
| Elevation | 23 ft (7 m) |
| GNIS ID[1][2] | 1659809 |
| FIPS code[1][2] | 06-72473 |
Sobrante is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States.[1] It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Pinole Point,[3] at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m).[1]
In 1878, the Northern Railway was built from Oakland to Martinez and the Sobrante station, named for nearby El Sobrante, was built.[4]
In the late 1800s, Sobrante was a fishing village populated by Croatians[5], Hungarians and Yugoslavians.[4]
In the 1880s, Sobrante was the site of the Sobrante Safety Nitro-power Works.[6][7] In 1892,[5] Giant Powder Company had moved to Sobrante.[8][9][10]
The village at Sobrante lasted until WW I.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Sobrante (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) - ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 704. ISBN 1-884995-14-4. Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Point Pinole Land Use Plan Amendment". East Bay Regional Park District. March 16, 1999. Retrieved August 7, 2020. Note that the reference says that the Northern Railway was built in 1868, but many other references state that the Northern Railway was built in 1878.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Contra Costa". California State Parks, Office of Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 6, 2020. California Historical Landmarks in Contra Costa County. The text spells the name of the town as "Sobrente," though the plaque itself has "Sobrante". The Sobrente spelling does occur in some 1880s references.
- ↑ "Killed Two Chinamen". Sioux City Journal. June 8, 1883. p. 2. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ↑ "The Sobrante Explosion". Los Angeles Times. December 18, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ↑ "Explosion of Nitro-Glycerine at Sobrante Blows Two Men to Atoms". San Francisco Examiner. March 15, 1904. p. 7. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ↑ "Two Men Killed in Terrific Explosion at Sobrante Powder Works Just North of Here". The Berkeley Gazette. March 14, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ↑ "Bay District Shaken by Powder Explosion". The Fresno Morning Republican. August 25, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
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