Walnut Creek, California City of Walnut Creek Walnut Creek as seen from Acalanes Open Space Walnut Creek as seen from Acalanes Open Space Official seal of City of Walnut Creek Location of Walnut Creek inside California Location of Walnut Creek inside California City of Walnut Creek is positioned in the US City of Walnut Creek - City of Walnut Creek Walnut Creek is a town/city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, positioned in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, about 16 miles (26 kilometres) east of the town/city of Oakland.
With a total estimated populace of 67,673, Walnut Creek serves as a core for its neighboring metros/cities because of its locale at the junction of (I-680) and San Francisco/Oakland (SR-24) and its accessibility by BART.
Downtown Walnut Creek There are three bands of Bay Miwok Indians associated with early Walnut Creek: the Saclan, whose territory extended through the hills east of present-day Oakland, Rossmoor, Lafayette, Moraga and Walnut Creek; the Volvon (also spelled Bolbon, Wolwon and Zuicun) near Mt.
Diablo; and the Tactan positioned on the San Ramon Creek in Danville and Walnut Creek.
Today's Walnut Creek is positioned inside the earlier site of four Mexican territory grants.
The grant was called Rancho Arroyo de Las Nueces y Bolbones, titled after the principal waterway, Arroyo de las Nueces (Walnut Creek), as well as for the small-town group of indigenous Americans (Bolbones).
The Arroyo de las Nueces was titled for the evidence of the native species of walnut tree, the California Walnut.
The first town settler was William Slusher, who assembled a dwelling on the bank of Walnut Creek, which was called "Nuts Creek" by the Americans in 1849.
In the year 1855, Milo Hough of Lafayette assembled the hotel titled "Walnut Creek House" in the corners.
Two decades later, the improve changed its name from The Corners to Walnut Creek.
In December 1862 a United States Post Office was established, and the improve was titled "Walnut Creek". The downtown street patterns laid out in 1871 1872 by pioneer Homer Shuey on a portion of one of his family's large cattle ranches are still present today.
Walnut Creek began to expanded with the arrival of Southern Pacific Railroad service in 1891.
On October 21, 1914, the town and the encircling area of 500 acres (2.0 square kilometres)), were incorporated as the 8th town/city in Contra Costa County.
A branch line of the Southern Pacific barns ran through Walnut Creek until the late 1970s.
The East Bay Regional Park District's Iron Horse Trail, used by walkers, runners and bikers, runs over what were portions of that branch line. The mainline of the Sacramento Northern Railway passed through Walnut Creek.
Today, the Pittsburg/Bay Point SFO Line line of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) serves Walnut Creek with a station adjoining to Highway 680.
With the 1951 opening of the downtown Broadway Shopping Center (now Broadway Plaza), Contra Costa County's first primary retail center, the town/city took off in a new direction, and its populace more than quadrupled from 2,460 in 1950 to 9,903 in 1960.
Walnut Creek is positioned at 37 54 23 N 122 03 54 W. Portions lie in both the San Ramon Valley and the Ygnacio Valley below the slopes of Mount Diablo.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 19.8 sq mi (51.2 km2), 0.06 percent of which is water.
Walnut Creek the actual waterway that runs through town has been routed underneath downtown through a series of tunnels starting at the southwest end of Macy's and ending just southwest of Maria Maria Restaurant.
Walnut Creek owns more open space per capita than any other improve in the state of California.
In 1974, Walnut Creek voters allowed a $6.7 million bond measure that allowed the town/city to purchase 1,800 acres (730 ha) of undeveloped hillsides, ridge lines, and park sites.
Walnut Creek owns parts of Lime Ridge Open Space, Shell Ridge Open Space, Acalanes Ridge Open Space, and Sugarloaf Open Space.
The East Bay Regional Park District operates Diablo Foothills Regional Park and Castle Rock Regional Recreation Area, both in Walnut Creek.
Walnut Creek's warm summer Mediterranean climate (Koppen climate classification Csb) is typical of California's interior valleys.
In the winter, the jet stream moves far enough south so that Pacific storms can reach Walnut Creek, bringing much-needed precipitation average annual rainfall approximates 20 inches (510 mm), with slight variations occurring in microclimates based on altitude and topography.
Climate data for WALNUT CREEK 2 ESE, California (1893 1974) Average rain days ( 0.01 in) 10 9 8 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 6 9 53 The town/city hosts two BART stations, Walnut Creek station and Pleasant Hill station (in the unincorporated region known as Contra Costa Centre Transit Village).
BART provides direct service from Walnut Creek to San Francisco, heading west, and Pittsburg, heading east.
Central Contra Costa Transit Authority (County Connection/CCCTA) provides bus service throughout Walnut Creek and Contra Costa County at a modest cost.
County Connection also operates three no-charge weekday shuttles inside town/city limits: the Downtown Trolley/Route 4 loops from Walnut Creek BART to Broadway Plaza; Route 5 runs from Walnut Creek BART to Creekside; and Route 7, which runs from Pleasant Hill BART to Shadelands Business Park.
Walnut Creek is transected by the Iron Horse Trail (running north/south) through its downtown, as well as the Contra Costa Canal Trail (running east/west) at the north end of the city.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Walnut Creek had a populace of 64,173.
The ethnic makeup of Walnut Creek was 50,487 (78.7 percent) White, 1,035 (1.6 percent) African American, 155 (0.2 percent) Native American, 8,027 (12.5 percent) Asian, 125 (0.2 percent) Pacific Islander, 1,624 (2.5 percent) from other competitions, and 2,720 (4.2 percent) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 63,171 citizens (98.4 percent of the population) lived in homeholds, 176 (0.3 percent) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 826 (1.3 percent) were institutionalized.
There were 30,443 homeholds, out of which 6,363 (20.9 percent) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 13,305 (43.7 percent) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2,071 (6.8 percent) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 844 (2.8 percent) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
There were 1,286 (4.2 percent) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 298 (1.0 percent) same-sex married couples or partnerships.
11,884 homeholds (39.0 percent) were made up of individuals and 6,424 (21.1 percent) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The populace was spread out with 10,719 citizens (16.7 percent) under the age of 18, 3,599 citizens (5.6 percent) aged 18 to 24, 15,137 citizens (23.6 percent) aged 25 to 44, 17,653 citizens (27.5 percent) aged 45 to 64, and 17,065 citizens (26.6 percent) who were 65 years of age or older.
There were 32,681 housing units at an average density of 1,653.2 per square mile (638.3/km ), of which 20,262 (66.6 percent) were owner-occupied, and 10,181 (33.4 percent) were occupied by renters.
The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.4 percent; the rental vacancy rate was 6.7 percent.
43,079 citizens (67.1 percent of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 20,092 citizens (31.3 percent) lived in rental housing units.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 83.89 percent White, 1.07 percent African American, 0.33 percent Native American, 9.36 percent Asian, 0.15 percent Pacific Islander, 1.96 percent from other competitions, and 3.25 percent from two or more competitions.
There were 30,301 homeholds out of which 20.9 percent had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7 percent were married couples living together, 6.7 percent had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 45.4 percent were non-families.
38.0 percent of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 19.7 percent had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 17.6 percent under the age of 18, 5.2 percent from 18 to 24, 27.1 percent from 25 to 44, 24.8 percent from 45 to 64, and 25.3 percent who were 65 years of age or older.
Walnut Creek inhabitants attend schools in five public-school districts. The Walnut Creek School District (K 8) has 5 elementary schools and one middle school in the city.
Some inhabitants are served by schools from the Mount Diablo Unified School District (K 12), the Acalanes Union High School District (9 12), the San Ramon Valley Unified School District (K 12), and the Lafayette School District (K 8).
The following enhance schools are inside the town/city limits of Walnut Creek: Walnut Creek School District Walnut Heights Elementary Walnut Creek Intermediate Tice Creek School Walnut Acres Elementary Walnut Creek is home to a several private schools, including North Creek Academy & Preschool (Grades: PK 8) Walnut Creek Christian Academy (Grades: K 8) Walnut Creek Library sculpture by Marta Thoma Hall The Walnut Creek Library and the Ygnacio Valley Library of the Contra Costa County Library are positioned in Walnut Creek. The Ygnacio Valley Branch, which opened in 1975, is also known as the Thurman G.
Casey Memorial Library. Fundraising and other support is provided by the Walnut Creek Library Foundation.
On February 26, 2008, the town/city completed the Walnut Creek Library, that was assembled in 1961 at the southern end of Civic Park.
The new library, designed by Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning, Inc., has 42,000 square feet (3,900 m2) and an underground parking garage. Construction was instead of in 2010 and the library was officially opened on July 17, 2010. Companies based in Walnut Creek include Carollo Engineers, Central Garden & Pet (makers of Avo - Derm, Amdro, Kaytee, among others), American Reprographics Company, CSE Insurance Group, and the PMI Group.
According to Walnut Creek's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 9 City of Walnut Creek 364 The California Symphony, notable for its commitment to the performance of music by American composers, has been based in Walnut Creek since its inception in 1986.
An arts-based preschool and youth arts center are prominent year-round programs, all part of the City of Walnut Creek's Arts Recreation & Community Services Department.
The Festival Opera Association was established in Walnut Creek in 1991 to preserve and advance the operatic art form.
Community Center at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek, California.
Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society Walnut Creek is served by the daily newspaper, The East Bay Times (formerly The Contra Costa Times).
The Times as it is known, has a section called "The Walnut Creek Journal." Walnut Creek TV (WCTV) is the city's government-access tv channel, covering small-town government and improve affairs.
WCTV is available in Walnut Creek on Comcast channel 28 (channel 26 in Rossmoor), Astound channel 29, AT&T U-verse channel 99 under the menu option "Walnut Creek Television," and on You - Tube.
Claycord.com is the widely read autonomous news and talk blog serving the greater Walnut Creek urbane area.
Greg Sestero, Actor, star of cult classic The Room, author of The Disaster Artist, born in Walnut Creek.
Walnut Creek has an active Sister Cities International program with two sister cities.
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