Alameda County, California
Alameda County is a suburban county in California's San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2000 census it had a population of 1,443,741. The county was formed in 1853, with the first county seat in Union City. The seat later was moved north to San Leandro and then, following a countywide election, to Oakland in 1873.
Cities:
- Alameda
- Albany
- Berkeley (home of the University of California, Berkeley
- Dublin
- Emeryville
- Fremont
- Hayward (home of California State University Hayward)
- Livermore (home of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
- Newark
- Oakland
- Piedmont
- Pleasanton
- San Leandro
- Union City