Hasford Heights historically Grand Canyon is an unincorporated community in western Contra Costa County, California

Contra Costa County, California

Contra Costa County is a primarily suburban county in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,049,025...

 in the area of the city of Richmond

Richmond, California

Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been...

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History

The area began to be settled in the 1900s with pasturelands and farms. In the 1940s it was known as Grand Canyon were there was a park that area residents would visit to go on picnics and camping. A sanitarium and wellness center was located here as well. There was a stop on the East Shore and Suburban Railroad here as well. Later after the Post 1906 earthquake and especially the World War II housing booms in Richmond used up much of the available land the hillside area was subdivided and houses were built. The community is located on a ridge bordering San Pablo

San Pablo, California

San Pablo is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city of Richmond surrounds nearly the whole city. The population was 29,139 at the 2010 census. The current Mayor is Paul V. Morris, and the current Vice Mayor is Cecilia Valdez. Current Councilmembers include Arturo M....

, Richmond, and the unincorporated territory of Alvarado Park

Alvarado Park

Alvarado Park is a subsection of Wildcat Canyon Regional Park in Richmond, California and is a National Historic Place. It is located at the mouth of Wildcat Canyon is the Alvarado Park section. Between 1909 and 1923, Alvarado Park was a private park that was owned and operated by local...

 and Wildcat Canyon Regional Park

Wildcat Canyon Regional Park

Wildcat Canyon Regional Park is a East Bay Regional Parks District park located within the city limits of Richmond in Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California...

. The community is not a census designated place similar to North Richmond

North Richmond, California

North Richmond is a community in Contra Costa County, California, a census-designated place of 3,717 adjacent to and nearly surrounded by the city Richmond, to which it is generally socially and culturally attached...

a nearby community.

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