Sunol (California)
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Location in California
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | California | ||
| County : | Alameda County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 36 ′ N , 121 ° 53 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 913 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 12.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 71.9 km 2 (approx. 28 mi 2 ) of which 71.9 km 2 (approx. 28 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 266 m | ||
| Postal code : | 94586 | ||
| Area code : | +1 510 | ||
| FIPS : | 06-77042 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1670341 | ||
Sunol ( Spanish : Suñol) is a census-designated place in Alameda County in the US state of California . The population was 913 in 2010.
The small, rural town of Sunol on Niles Canyon is known for its historic railway system, where the tourist train Niles Canyon Railway stops in the city and the Altamont Corridor Express, which crosses the town on the way from San José to the Central Valley .
geography
Sunol is adjacent to two railroad lines and near the intersection of Interstate 680 and State Route 84. These connect Sunol to the south and west with Fremont , to the north with Pleasanton and to the northeast with Livermore . Sunol is located 17 miles north of downtown San José and 31 miles southeast of San Francisco .
history
The first Sunol post office opened in 1871 and renamed Sunolglen that same year. The name returned to Sunol in 1920. The city's name goes back to Antonio Suñol, the first postmaster in nearby San José and part owner of the historic land concession Rancho Valle de San Jose, on which the site of the village was once located.
Demographics
The 2010 census found that Sunol had 913 residents. The population density was 32.9 people per square mile (12.7 per km²). The population of Sunol was composed of 780 (85.4%) Whites , 1 (0.1%) African American , 6 (0.7%) Native American , 48 (5.3%) Asians , 7 (0.8%) Indigenous Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders, 19 (2.1%) were from another ethnic group, and 52 (5.7%) were from two or more races. 91 people (10.0%) were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The poverty rate was 9% in 2017 and house prices were well above the national average.
Individual evidence
- ↑ David L. Durham: California's geographic names: a gazetteer of historic and modern names of the state . Word Dancer Press, Clovis, Calif. : 1998, ISBN 978-1-884995-14-9 ( stanford.edu [accessed December 10, 2019]).
- ↑ Sunol, California (CA 94586) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders. Retrieved December 10, 2019 .
- ↑ US Census Bureau: American FactFinder - Community Facts. Retrieved December 10, 2019 .