Contra Costa County, California, United States

Details for Contra Costa County

Name

Contra Costa County

Place Type

County

Located in

California, United States

County Seat

Martinez

Coordinates

Latitude		37.9332565		37° 55' 59.7" N
Longitude		-121.9344036		121° 56' 03.9" W

Population

803,732

Elevation

152 m

Surrounding Counties

Sacramento NE
San Joaquin E
Alameda S
San Francisco W
Marin W
Sonoma NW
Solano N

USGS GNIS FeatureID

1675903

Histopolis Place ID

530417360

Updated May 12, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Contra Costa County

12 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Contra Costa County, California Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Contra Costa County, California from cemeteries throughout Contra Costa County, California. Search cemetery records online here.
http://www.interment.net/us/ca/contra_costa.htm (16 May 2010)

Contra Costa County Genealogical Society
Contra Costa County Genealogical Society meets once a month in Concord, CA.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cacccgs/ (22 Jul 2005)

The Political Graveyard: Contra Costa County, Calif. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Contra Costa County, California CA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Contra Costa County, California CA, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=10024 (3 Nov 2008)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > California > Contra Costa County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > California > Contra Costa County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/CA/Contra_Costa/cem/ (20 Aug 2009)

Contra Costa County CA Cemetery Records [California Genealogy and History Archives]
http://www.calarchives4u.com/cemeteries/contracosta-cemeteries.html (4 Dec 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Contra Costa County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=10024&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (11 Jan 2008)

Contra Costa Co., CA-Tombstone Transcription Project [USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project]
http://www.usgwtombstones.org/california/contracosta.html (9 Aug 2010)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=189 (11 Sep 2009)

Contra Costa County, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California (14 May 2010)

(page title not available) [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/contracosta/cemetries.htm

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > California > Contra Costa County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > California > Contra Costa County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/CA/Contra_Costa/ (2 Mar 2010)

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Surveys in Contra Costa County

1 Survey, 8 Ranges, 25 Townships

The Mount Diablo Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Contra Costa County. You can navigate to any of the 25 survey townships that overlap Contra Costa County using the navigation tool below.

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Cities of Contra Costa County

17 Cities, 3 Towns, 99 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Alamo	Alamo Oaks	Ambrose (historical u.p.)	Antioch (city)
Arbor	Atchison Village	Avon (town)	Bancroft
Bay Point (historical u.p.)	Bay Point	Bayo Vista	Bayview
Bethel Island	Bixler	Blackhawk	Brentwood (city)
Bridgehead	Byron	Christie	Clayton (city)
Clyde	Concord (city)	Cornwall	Cowell
Crockett	Crolona Heights	Danville (town)	Diablo
Diamond	Discovery Bay	East Richmond	East Richmond Heights
Easter Hill Village	Eastport	Eckley	El Cerrito (city)
El Sobrante	Empire (historical u.p.)	Four Corners	Gateley
Giant	Glen Frazer	Glorietta	Hercules (city)
Herpoco	Hookston	Hooper (historical u.p.)	Kensington
Knightsen	Lafayette (city)	Las Juntas	Los Medanos
Luzon	Maltby	Marsh Creek Springs	Martinez (city)
McAvoy	Meinert	Mococo	Monsanto
Montalvin	Moraga (town)	Mountain View	Muir
Neroly	Newlove	Nichols	Nitro
North Richmond	Nortonville	Nystrom Village	Oakley (city)
Ohmer (historical u.p.)	Oleum	Orinda (city)	Orinda Village
Orwood	Ozol	Pacheco	Pinole (city)
Pittsburg (city)	Pleasant Hill (city)	Point Richmond	Port Chicago (historical u.p.)
Port Costa	Rheem (Moraga)	Rheem (Richmond)	Rheem Valley
Richmond (city)	Rock City	Rodeo	Rollingwood
Sacanap	San Pablo (city)	San Ramon (city)	Sand Hill
Saranap	Selby	Shore Acres	Sobrante
Somersville	Sparkle	Stege	Stewartville
Sunny Acres Trailer Park	Tammukan (historical u.p.)	Tara Hills	Tassajara
Tormey	Triangle Court	Valle Vista	Valona
Vine Hill	Waldon	Walnut Creek (city)	Walnut Heights
Werner	West Hartley	West Pittsburg

Cemeteries of Contra Costa County

17 Cemeteries, 2 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Alhambra	Byron Brentwood Knightson	Catholic	Holly Cross
Lafayette	Live Oak	Memory Gardens	New Holy Cross
Oak View Memorial Park	Oakmont Memorial Park	Queen of Haven	Queen of Heaven
Rolling Hills Memorial Park	Rose Hill	Saint Joseph	Saint Stephen
St. Joseph (*)	St. Stephen (*)	Sunset View

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