Rodeo, California
Rodeo, California | |
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Aerial view of Rodeo | |
Location in Contra Costa County and the state of California | |
| Coordinates: 38°01′59″N 122°16′01″W / 38.03306°N 122.26694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Contra Costa |
| Government | |
| • State Senate | Tim Grayson (D) |
| • State Assembly | Buffy Wicks (D) |
| • U. S. Congress | John Garamendi (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.644 sq mi (12.03 km2) |
| • Land | 3.761 sq mi (9.74 km2) |
| • Water | 0.883 sq mi (2.29 km2) 19.0% |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 9,653 |
| • Density | 2,100/sq mi (800/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 94547, 94572 |
| Area code(s) | 510, 341 |
| FIPS code | 06-62490 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1659538, 2409201 |
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Rodeo (/roʊˈdeɪ.oʊ/; Spanish for "Cattle roundup") is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Contra Costa County, California, in the East Bay sub-region of the San Francisco Bay Area, on the eastern shore of San Pablo Bay, 25 miles northeast of San Francisco. The population was 9,653 at the 2020 census. The place is named for the rodeos common in the late 19th century. Cattle from the surrounding hills were regularly driven down through the old town district to a loading dock on the shoreline of San Pablo Bay for shipment to slaughterhouses, a practice which continued through the early 20th century. Rodeo is served by the Interstate 80 freeway and State Route 4 and used to be served by the first transcontinental railroad which still passes through Rodeo. Rodeo has not been a stop on the railroad since the 1950s.