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Hayward (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 122 04 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -122.0667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on E terminus of San Mateo Toll Bridge; part of Guillermo Rancho Castro 19th cen.; promoted as livestock & agricultural center by San Francisco businessmen, & later turned to light industry; site of California State University at Hayward (1961). |
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| Hayward (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for dissapointed gold seeker William Hayward, who arrived here & opened a hotel in 1851 |
| Haywards (C,V)
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| Haywards Station (C,V)
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| Haywood (C,V)
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Hayward (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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originally an Amerindian camp site located on property of the Mission San José, established in 1797, incorporated in 1876 |
| city (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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