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Location of Concord in California.
Concord (/k ek rd/ cawn-cord;) is the biggest city in Contra Costa County, California.
At the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 122,067 making it the 8th biggest city in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1869 as the improve of Todos Santos by Salvio Pacheco, the name was changed to Concord inside months.
The town/city is a primary county-wide suburban East Bay center inside the San Francisco Bay Area, and is 29 miles (47 kilometres) east of San Francisco.
Concord, California Concord is positioned at 37 58 41 N 122 01 52 W. It is 29 miles (47 kilometres) northeast of San Francisco, 22 miles (35 km) northeast from Oakland, 65 miles (105 km) southwest of Sacramento, and 51 miles (82 km) north of San Jose. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 30.5 square miles (79 km2), all of it land.
The focal point of downtown Concord is Todo Santos Plaza, which encompasses an entire town/city block and is known for its farmers market, no-charge summer concerts, and large number of encircling restaurants.
To the north and east of downtown is the older residentiary region of Concord, with many homes dating back to before World War II.
In the far northern edge of town is a primarily industrialized area, dominated by the Tesoro Golden Eagle Refinery (which is actually not positioned inside town/city limits).
The southeastern region of the city, centered along Clayton Road, is primarily residentiary and was mostly advanced in the 1960s and 1970s.
In the southwest region of the town/city is the primarily Latino neighborhood known as Four Corners, centered around the intersection of Monument Boulevard and Oak Grove Road.
Concord is bordered on the west by Pleasant Hill and the unincorporated improve of Pacheco, on the south by Walnut Creek, on the southeast by Clayton, on the northeast by Pittsburg and the unincorporated improve of Bay Point, and on the north by the unincorporated improve of Clyde.
Although it shares no border with Concord, Martinez (the county seat) is positioned almost immediately adjoining to Concord on the northwest.
The North Concord BART station is also known as Martinez BART.
Concord has a hot summer Mediterranean climate (Koppen Csa).
Official data from the National Weather Service cooperative station in Concord shows average January temperatures are a maximum of 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit (14.0 degrees Celsius) and a minimum of 41.6 F (5.3 C).
Climate data for Concord, California Concord was established under the name of Todos Santos ("all saints"; a name still borne by the central town/city plaza and park between Willow Pass Road and Salvio Street), on the initiative of Pacheco in 1869.
It accomplished eminence in the 19th century as a result of most inhabitants of Pacheco relocating to Concord to avoid the devastation of fire and flood which crippled Pacheco's formerly booming economy.
Concord was incorporated on February 5, 1905. The region around Concord in the encircling Ygnacio and Clayton Valleys was a large agricultural area.
The region to the east (now the site of the Concord Naval Weapons Station) was the site of a several enormous wheat ranches over 5,000 acres (20 km2), and was almost a sea of wheat all the way to the marshes bordering Suisun Bay.
The town of Cowell, now incorporated into Concord, produced cement.
The first Concord postal service opened in 1872. The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Concord had a populace of 122,067.
The ethnic makeup of Concord was 78,767 (64.5%) White, 4,371 (3.6%) African American, 852 (0.7%) Native American, 13,538 (11.1%) Asian (4.4% Filipino, 2.4% Chinese, 1.3% Indian, 0.7% Vietnamese, 0.6% Japanese, 0.6% Korean), 816 (0.7%) Pacific Islander, 15,969 (13.1%) from other competitions, and 7,754 (6.4%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 28,000 citizens (22.9%) under the age of 18, 10,946 citizens (9.0%) aged 18 to 24, 35,834 citizens (29.4%) aged 25 to 44, 32,903 citizens (27.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 14,384 citizens (11.8%) who were 65 years of age or older.
71,004 citizens (58.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 50,016 citizens (41.0%) lived in rental housing units.
In the city, the age of the populace was spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
In the California State Legislature, Concord is in the 7th Senate District, represented by Democrat Steve Glazer, and in the 14th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Tim Grayson. Federally, Concord is in California's 11th congressional district, represented by Democrat Mark De - Saulnier. Concord has been primarily a bedroom improve for San Francisco and Oakland over the last forty years, but amid the last decades, jobs inside the town/city have increased. Round Table Pizza is headquartered in Concord, and corporations with strong Bay Area county-wide ties, such as Chevron and Bank of America, have established extensive back-office operations there, diversifying the small-town economy.
Concord also has a strong retail zone including the Sunvalley Mall, which used to be one of the 50 biggest malls in the USA, auto dealerships, Costco, and Fry's Electronics.
According to the City's 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 10 Macy's Concord 400 Main article: Concord Naval Weapons Station Aerial view of the Concord Naval Weapons Station To the north of the town/city of Concord is the Concord Naval Weapons Station (CNWS), which was established in 1942.
The station consists of two areas: the inland region (5,170 acres (21 km2)) which is inside the Concord town/city limits, and tidal region (7,630 acres (31 km2)). Because of shifts in military operations, parts of the inland region began to be mothballed and by 1999, the CNWS had only a minimal contingent of military personnel.
Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) and is now known as Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO). The town/city is working on a reuse plan that may include developing the territory while keeping a large portion for open-space and parks projects.
Until 1995, the town/city was the easterly end of the Concord line of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) commuter train system; the line has since been extended eastward to Pittsburg/Bay Point.
Buses run from the North Concord BART station to Martinez, the county seat.
Overlooking the North Concord BART Station Main thoroughfares include Willow Pass Road, Concord Avenue, Concord Boulevard, Clayton Road, Monument Boulevard, Ygnacio Valley Road, Oak Grove Road and Treat Boulevard. The town/city is also served by Interstate 680, and state highways 4 and 242.
Buchanan Field Airport is a enhance county-owned airfield in the City of Concord.
The town/city of Concord is served by the daily newspaper, Contra Costa Times presented by Bay Area News Group-East Bay (part of the Media News Group, Denver, Colorado), with offices in Walnut Creek.
The publisher also issues a weekly paper, the Concord Transcript for Concord and close-by Clayton.
The town/city is also served by Concord Patch, a small-town news website covering improve news and affairs.
From 1963 to 1993, Concord had a small-town airways broadcast, KWUN AM 1480, also known as Contra Costa's K-15.
Main article: List of tv stations in the San Francisco Bay Area Concord is served by primary tv stations transmitting primarily out of San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Jose.
Concord is served by the Mount Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD).
California State University, East Bay has a ground in Concord.
Concord High School won the 2010 Northern California Boys Division II Football Championship, coached by Brian Hamilton.
The Concord Library of the Contra Costa County Library is positioned in Concord. The library is adjoining to the Concord Civic Center. Concord is the home of the annual Concord Jazz Festival and was the home of the Concord Records jazz record label until it was bought in 1999.
Jazz musician Dave Brubeck was born in Concord and in 2006 a park adjoining to Concord High School on Concord Boulevard was retitled in his honor.
Concord is also home to the 17-time World Champion Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps.
The Concord Blue Devils are the most decorated drum and bugle corps in the history of Drum Corps International. Baldwin Community Park and the Concord Senior Center Camp Concord at South Lake Tahoe, a family-oriented summer camp, although not positioned in Concord, is directed by the city.
Concord Pavilion amphitheater, a primary county-wide concert venue formerly known as the Sleep Train Pavilion and as the Chronicle Pavilion at Concord.
Concord Skatepark Six Flags Waterworld Concord In 1974, Concord became a sister town/city with Kitakami, Iwate, in Japan.
The town/city established a small Japanese style park in the city, and placed half of a sculpture, The Communion Bridge, in it.
Blake Anderson, comedian, writer, producer, and actor was born in Concord Tom Hanks, Oscar-winning actor, producer and director was born in Concord.
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