Antioch is the third-largest city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city is located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. The city's population was 115,291 at the 2020 census. The city has grown substantially more diverse since the 1970s.
View of Antioch
Don José Noriega, a wealthy Californio ranchero, was granted Rancho Los Méganos in 1835.
John Marsh in 1852
Gateway Generating Station, a combined-cycle gas-fired power station that began operation in 2009
Contra Costa County, California
Contra Costa County is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 1,165,927. The county seat is Martinez. It occupies the northern portion of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area and is primarily suburban. The county's name refers to its position on the other side of the bay from San Francisco. Contra Costa County is included in the San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Image: Martinez, CA USA panoramio (1)
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Don Salvio Pacheco
Don Víctor Castro
