Selby, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

CountryUnited States

Elevation

^[1]

20 ft (6 m)

Selby
Unincorporated community
Selby Location in California
Coordinates: 38°03′24″N 122°14′38″W / 38.05667°N 122.24389°W / 38.05667; -122.24389^[1]
Country	United States
State	California
County	Contra Costa County
Elevation ^[1]	20 ft (6 m)
GNIS ID^[1]^[2]	1659623
FIPS code^[1]^[2]	06-70868

Selby is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California.^[1]

The town is located on the Carquinez Strait where its enters San Pablo Bay, across from Vallejo. The town at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m).^[1]

It is next to Rodeo, on the Southern Pacific Railroad, and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west-northwest of Martinez.^[3]

History

Selby is located on the 19th century Mexican land grant Rancho El Pinole site, that was made to Ygnacio Martinez.

A post office operated at Selby from 1886 to 1967.^[3] The name honors Prentiss Selby, its first postmaster.^[3]

Al Zampa, a bridge construction worker who played an integral role in the construction of numerous San Francisco Bay Area bridges, was born here in 1905. The suspension bridge unit of the twin Carquinez Bridge is officially called the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, completed in 2003 to the east of town.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Selby (Contra Costa County, California)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
1 2 "FIPS55 Data: California". FIPS55 Data. United States Geological Survey. February 23, 2006. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved May 11, 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, California: Word Dancer Press. p. 701. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Contra Costa County, California, United States
County seat: Martinez
Cities and towns	Antioch Brentwood Clayton Concord Danville El Cerrito Hercules Lafayette Martinez Moraga Oakley Orinda Pinole Pittsburg Pleasant Hill Richmond San Pablo San Ramon Walnut Creek	Contra Costa County map
CDPs	Acalanes Ridge Alamo Alhambra Valley Bay Point Bayview Bethel Island Blackhawk Byron Camino Tassajara Castle Hill Clyde Contra Costa Centre Crockett Diablo Discovery Bay East Richmond Heights El Sobrante Kensington Knightsen Montalvin Manor Mountain View Norris Canyon North Gate North Richmond Pacheco Port Costa Reliez Valley Rodeo Rollingwood San Miguel Saranap Shell Ridge Tara Hills Vine Hill
Former CDPs	Bayview-Montalvin Blackhawk-Camino Tassajara Waldon
Unincorporated communities	Canyon Cornwall Nichols Oleum Rheem Selby Stege Tassajara Tormey Valona
Ghost towns	Eckley Giant (Nitro) Judsonville Nortonville Point of Timber Port Chicago Somersville Stewartville West Hartley Winehaven
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Counties	Alameda Contra Costa
Major cities	Oakland Fremont Hayward Concord Berkeley Richmond Antioch
Cities and towns 25k-100k	Alameda Brentwood Castro Valley Danville Dublin Livermore Martinez Newark Oakley Pittsburg Pleasant Hill Pleasanton San Leandro San Pablo San Ramon Union City Walnut Creek
Cities and towns 10k-25k	Alamo Albany Ashland Bay Point Cherryland Clayton Discovery Bay El Cerrito El Sobrante Emeryville Fairview Hercules Lafayette Moraga Orinda Piedmont Pinole San Lorenzo
Cities and towns under 10k	Bayview Bethel Island Blackhawk Byron Camino Tassajara Clyde Crockett Diablo East Richmond Heights Kensington Knightsen Montalvin Manor Mountain View Pacheco Port Costa Rodeo Rollingwood Sunol Tara Hills Vine Hill
Regional organizations	AC Transit East Bay Municipal Utility District East Bay Regional Park District East Bay Green Corridor

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