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Latitude: 37.8697 to 37.9185
Longitude: -122.025 to -122.0708
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Area code(s): 415, 510, 619, 707, 925
Zip Code(s): 94595, 94596, 94597, 94598
Population: 64,296
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Walnut Creek is a typical, medium-sized suburban city located
about 17 miles east of Oakland in Contra Costa County. Long, long ago, the
first settlers in this area planted walnut trees. Some of these trees grew
close to a small creek; thus, over time the locals came to call the creek
"Walnut Creek," but the town was known as "The Corners." With development,
the town realized that the name "The Corners" made them sound square and
thus adopted the name of the creek as its own, marking the beginning of its
mission to "pave over paradise with a parking lot," which resulted in the
creek's current route through a subterranean viaduct deep beneath the
concrete floors of the malls above.
Little known to most, the tunnels formed part of a secret highway
formerly used by the U.S. More...
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California: San Francisco Bay Region: Contra Costa County: Walnut Creek