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 )