Wikipedia:WikiProject California/GNIS cleanup task force/Contra Costa County

To sort
Unincorporated communities:

Ghost towns:

Good as is

 * Cornwall - incorporated into Pittsburg


 * Nortonville
 * Point of Timber
 * Port Chicago
 * Somersville


 * Winehaven - seems like more of an industrial site with some limited housing for workers;

Notable, but should be expanded

 * Canyon - needs references;
 * Giant (Nitro) - Durham classifies as locality; site of Giant Powder Company;redirect? probably notable; Giant and Nitro are two different locations.
 * Nichols - per Durham, a railroad siding named after major landholder in the area. Contra Costa County Historical Society has several photos of what the community of Nichols. See history of Bay Point and.
 * Oleum - company town; post office 1910-1951; see ;
 * Selby company town;
 * Stege - see ;
 * Tormey - former company town, razed after plant closure;
 * Valona - listed as town in Durham; see and ;


 * Eckley - homestead and later used for industrial purposes and ferry terminal; pg. 52; possible town but not clear;
 * Judsonville - coal-mining town;
 * Stewartville - coal-mining town;
 * West Hartley - coal-mining town;


 * Tammukan - local tribe of Delta Yokuts-speaking natives; should be renamed and removed from Municipalities and communities of Contra Costa County;
 * renamed Tamcan and classified as tribe not community.

Questionable notability

 * Avon - railroad station, post office, company town (?); see Durham; see Gudde ; maybe should be called an industrial site. ;
 * Redirected to Golden Eagle Refinery


 * Bayo Vista - district of Rodeo per Durham; housing development ;
 * Redirected to Rodeo, Ca.


 * Bayview-Montalvin - former CDP, later split between Bayview CDP and Montalvin Manor CDP; How to handle??
 * Minor cleanup; took out items no longer relevant to a former CDP;


 * Bixler - railway station on Santa Fe RR ; listed as locality in Durham; not in Gudde; called community here ; no other hits;
 * Blackhawk-Camino Tassajara former CDP; split between Blackhawk and Camino Tassajara; How to handle??
 * Minor cleanup; took out items no longer relevant to a former CDP;


 * Bridgehead - Durham call it a community but no other evidence; there is a Bridghead Rd in Oakley
 * Crolona Heights - not in Durham; district in Crockett ; maybe redirect to Crockett
 * Glen Frazer - train depot; site of Frazerville post office; Frazer was a local rancher; Durhams lists as locality;
 * Marsh Creek Springs - a private recreational park in 1930s ; listed as locality in Durham;
 * Rewritten to characterize as a recreational facility; not a community.


 * Muir - listed in Durham as locality; name associated with John Muir; may refer to rail overpass ; not a community;
 * Orwood - listed as locality in Durham; had a post office; called a farming tract here ;listed as rail station here ;
 * Ozol - Durham calls it a locality; most notable as site of Ozol Fuel Depot; perhaps redirect;
 * Rheem - community developed starting in 1944; incorporated into Moraga in 1974; maybe re-direct to Moraga ; seems better known as Rheem Valley. There a two Rheems in Contra Costa, one in Moraga (this one) and one even less notable near Richmond;
 * Tassajara - rural area;
 * Valle Vista - proposed subdivision of Canyon, named for nearby rail station and ; redirect to Canyon?
 * Waldon - not listed in Durham; former CDP; how to handle?
 * Minor cleanup; took out items no longer relevant to a former CDP;


 * Ambrose - locality in Durham; no reference to this as a ghost town;
 * Redirected to Bay Point, Ca;


 * Empire - Durham lists a locality; no evidence it was a community; station on the Empire Railroad ;
 * Schmidtville - briefly a post office; not much else ;
 * Redirected to El Cerrito, Ca;

Not notable

 * Arbor - train depot ; not mentioned in Durham or Gudde;
 * Bancroft - railroad depot on Sacramento Northern RR on property owned by Bancroft family;
 * Christie - Durham calls it a locality; associated with RR; no other hits;
 * Diamond - not in Durham; no other hits; possibly associated with Black Diamond Mines?
 * Four Corners - Durham calls it a locality; no other hits; Walnut Creek was once called "the Corners".
 * Redirected to Concord, Ca


 * Franklin Canyon - per Durham it is literally a canyon; named after early settler;
 * Updated to classify as canyon.


 * Gateley - Durhams calls it locality on railroad; no other obvious hits;
 * Hasford Heights - not in GNIS or Durham; city of Richmond calls it a neighborhood;
 * Herpoco - railroad depot/siding; predecessor to Hercules; redirect to Hercules
 * Redirected to Hercules, Ca.


 * Hookston - former railway siding; listed as locality in Durham; ; From 1891 to 1983, the station was primarily used as a loading dock for shipment of goods, including fruit and lumber.pg. II-2
 * Las Juntas - listed as locality in Durham; rail station on land associated with Rancho Las Juntas; mostly freight, no passengers
 * Los Medanos - listed as locality in Durham; rail station on land associated with Rancho Los Medanos]]; redirect;
 * Luzon - rail station of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad; listed as locality in Durham;
 * Redirected to San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad


 * Maltby - rail station or siding on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad; listed as locality in Durham;
 * McAvoy - listed as locality in Durham; nothing to indicate it was ever a community; possibly a rail depot or station;
 * Meinert - rail station ; listed in Durham as a locality;
 * Monsanto - Durham lists as locality on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad; Google map shows rail spur serving Monsanto chemical plant; no other obvious hits.
 * Neroly - listed in Durham as locality along Southern Pacific Railway; there is a Neroly Rd in Oakley; no other hits;
 * Newlove - listed in Durham as locality along Southern Pacific Railroad;
 * Rock City - Rock City is a geologic feature in Mount Diablo State Park;
 * Shore Acres - subdivision built after WW2 ; part of Bay Point CDP, redirect;
 * Redirected to Bay Point, Ca.


 * Sobrante - listed as locality in Durham; associated with Southern Pacific RR;
 * Redirected to Giant Powder Company


 * Sparkle - Durham lists as a locality; one possible reference as a train stop on Sacramento Northern RR ;
 * Walnut Heights - not listed in Durham; district of Walnut Creek; redirect?
 * Werner - listed in Durham as a locality; might have been a train station at one time ;


 * Acelanus - briefly a post office in Lafayette, Ca.;
 * Redirect to Lafayette, Ca.


 * Atchison - according to Durham, it was a post office named after Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway; a post office; not a ghost town;
 * Rewritten to classify as a post office and not a community


 * Hooper Durham calls it a locality; it is location of Hooper Ranch;
 * Horse Haven - no such settlement can be found; not in GNIS; Durham calls it a place; one source calls it the site of discovery of coal in the region.;
 * Redirect to Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve


 * Junction - post office; no indication there was ever a community;
 * Ohmer - was a railroad station ; Durham calls it a locality; no evidence it was a community; photo
 * Deleted but then immediately turned into redirect to Contra Costa County.