About San Lorenzo, California

San Lorenzo is an unincorporated community of 29,581 people in Alameda County. It sits on San Lorenzo Creek, between San Leandro and Hayward. Its land was once part of two Mexican land grants. Guillermo Castro got Rancho San Lorenzo in 1841, and JosΓ© Joaquin Estudillo got Rancho San Leandro in 1842. Squatters built cabins north of the creek in 1847. More came in the Gold Rush and settled on Estudillo's land, along the line between the two ranchos. By 1851 people called the place Squattersville.

The name later changed to San Lorenzo, and a post office opened in 1854. For about a hundred years the area was mostly farms, known for fruit and flowers. The 1939 state guide counted just 500 people here. In 1944 the David D. Bohannon Company began building San Lorenzo Village under a U.S. Navy contract. Its homes had two or three bedrooms and were meant for workers in the East Bay's war plants. It was one of the first planned communities in the country, with land saved for schools, churches, parks and stores. Building went on into the 1950s.

  • The California methodBohannon's crews used a new way of building with pre-cut parts. It became known as the "California method." During World War II, San Lorenzo Village was the largest housing project on the West Coast paid for with private money. Later builders used the same method, including at Levittown, Pennsylvania.
  • Home of the first Mervyn'sThe San Lorenzo Shopping Center was one of the first shopping centers in the country planned as part of a community. The first Mervyn's Department Store opened there.
  • Oysters from Long IslandMany early settlers are buried in San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery. Alameda County and the Hayward Area Historical Society take care of it. One of them is Moses Wicks, who brought oysters from Patchogue, Long Island, to San Leandro Bay.
  • A school district since 1865The San Lorenzo Unified School District still serves the community. It was founded in 1865, eleven years after the post office opened.

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Names on the San Lorenzo map

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Places and landmarks1

  • San Lorenzo Park

Streets and roads191

  • Pso Largavista
  • Via Barrett
  • Via Paro
  • Via del Sol
  • Pso del Rio
  • Via Sorrento
  • Via Esmond
  • Via Granada
  • Via Hermana
  • Via Sarita
  • Via la Jolla
  • Via Lupine
  • Grant Avenue
  • Bockman Road
  • Hesperian Boulevard
  • Hathaway Avenue
  • Pso Grande
  • Via Alamitos
  • Hacienda Avenue
  • Via Manzanas
  • Via Chiquita
  • Washington Avenue
  • Via Arriba
  • Via Arroyo
  • Via Media
  • Pso del Campo
  • Via Toledo
  • Times Avenue
  • Channel Street
  • Via Lucas
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  • Royal Avenue
  • West Sunset Boulevard
  • Via Amigos
  • Via Rancho
  • Bandoni Avenue
  • Bartlett Avenue
  • Via del Rey
  • Via Buena Vis
  • Phil Drive
  • Via Coralla
  • Via Cordoba
  • Keller Avenue
  • Via Lacqua
  • Via Catherine
  • Via Melina
  • Via Segundo
  • Worthley Drive
  • Via Nueva
  • Ricardo Avenue
  • Garden Avenue
  • Via Harriet
  • Via Enrico
  • Lorenzo Avenue
  • Via Frances
  • Via Pinale
  • Via Primero
  • Via Bregani
  • Perkins Drive
  • Via Annette
  • Via Conejo
  • Via Natal
  • Via Estrella
  • Via Carmen
  • Via Descanso
  • Via Vis
  • Via Escondido
  • Nielson Avenue
  • Via el Monte
  • Via Carreta
  • Via Marlin
  • Via San Ardo
  • Via el Cerrito
  • Shirley Avenue
  • Via Mesa
  • Via Walter
  • Via Seco
  • Via Susana
  • Via Julia
  • Via Andeta
  • Via Rincon
  • Via Honda
  • Via Acalanes
  • Via Nube
  • Clubhouse Drive
  • Via Ventana
  • Via Toyon
  • Via Flores
  • Via San Juan
  • Solano Avenue
  • Via Mariposa
  • Via Rivera
  • Via Pacheco
  • Bengal Avenue
  • Robscott Avenue
  • Via Pasatiempo
  • Via Sonora
  • Via Olinda
  • Via Aires
  • Via Redondo
  • Via Valencia
  • Via Palma
  • Via Dolorosa
  • Via Los Trancos
  • Via Magdalena
  • Via Piedras
  • Via Lobos
  • Waverly Avenue
  • Via Chorro
  • Railroad Avenue
  • Oxford Street
  • Via Coches
  • Via Cielo
  • Hunter Avenue
  • Melrose Avenue
  • Via Verde
  • Baumann Avenue
  • Via Karl
  • Via Margarita
  • Arbor Avenue
  • Via Anacapa
  • Via Corta
  • Via la Paloma
  • Via Sonata
  • Via Owen
  • Via Milos
  • Penny Lane
  • Via del Robles
  • Bartlett Lane
  • Via Esperanza
  • Via Vega
  • Via Mirabel
  • Via Represa
  • Peach Drive
  • Gribben Avenue
  • Via Alamo
  • Via Lunado
  • Via Perdido
  • Ginger Avenue
  • Via del Prado
  • Via Hermosa
  • William Drive
  • Via Faisan
  • Louette Court
  • Post Street
  • Via Tovita
  • Lucot Street
  • Ardis Street
  • Duke Court
  • Culver Place
  • Soto Drive
  • Flint Court
  • Joss Court
  • Yorton Lane
  • Via Linares
  • Devonwood Way
  • Via Colusa
  • Via Madera
  • West Blossom Way
  • Via Lucero
  • Via Matero
  • Via Hornitos
  • Via Helena
  • Lansing Way
  • Hesperian Court
  • Newcomb Street
  • Via Vecinos
  • Via Regio
  • Lupine Way
  • Via Teresa
  • Via Jose
  • Corte Eulalia
  • Garden Place
  • Via Eduardo
  • Quigley Road
  • Via Mirlo
  • Dell Court
  • Via Bolsa
  • Eve Court
  • Via Diego
  • Via Mercado
  • Arbor Court
  • Via Sevilla
  • Boxer Court
  • Via Rodriguez
  • Mero Street
  • Florence Street
  • Kentfield Lane
  • Ferro Drive
  • Via Morella
  • Via Poudre
  • Lucas Court

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