Hayward, California
Alameda County
06-33000
Hayward is a city in Alameda County in the U.S. state of California, United States, with 144 186 inhabitants ( 2010). The geographic coordinates are: 37.63 ° N, 122.10 ° West. The metropolitan area has a size of 163.3 km ².
The city was named after " William Hayward ," a worker from New England, who had settled here in 1849 during the " California Gold Rush " and opened the first shoe store. At Hayward also includes a recreation area Schafer Park, named after the German immigrants " AW Schafer " (probably formerly " shepherd ").
In the city, the California State University, East Bay is located. Through the San Mateo - Hayward Bridge, which spans the Bay of San Francisco, Hayward is connected to the San Francisco Peninsula and therefore the Silicon Valley.
Because the city is a suburb of San Francisco today, it has no large city. After all, has Hayward, unlike other cities in the region, a small downtown area, where most of the shops in the B Street located between Mission and Foothill Boulevard.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Jeff Beal, composer and jazz musician
- Josh Ryan Evans, actor
- Dwayne Johnson, actor, and professional wrestler of the American League Wrestling WWE
- Arthur Larsen, tennis players
- Jim Martin, musician
- DJ Shadow, hip-hop disc jockey, vinyl collectors and music producer
- Kristi Yamaguchi, figure skater
Twin Cities
- Funabashi (Japan)
- Ghazni (Afghanistan)
- Location in California
- Location in North America
- Hayward ( California )