Stege, California
| Stege | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
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Stege from a kite in 1930 | |
  Stege Location in California | |
| Coordinates: 37°55′00″N 122°19′38″W / 37.91667°N 122.32722°WCoordinates: 37°55′00″N 122°19′38″W / 37.91667°N 122.32722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Contra Costa County |
| City | Richmond |
| Elevation[1] | 23 ft (7 m) |
| GNIS ID[1][2] | 1659865 |
| FIPS code[1][2] | 06-74046 |
Stege, founded in 1876, was an unincorporated community in western Contra Costa County, California, United States.[1] The town has now been annexed and absorbed by the cities of Richmond[3] and El Cerrito, California. It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-southeast of downtown Richmond,[4] at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m).[1] The site is now located in the area known as the Richmond Annex, at coordinates: 37°55′00″N 122°19′38″W / 37.91667°N 122.32722°W.[1]
It was a farm town founded by Richard Stege that surrounded his ranch and featured a general store and railroad stop.[3] The town had a largely agricultural economy, which included ranching, mining,[5] chemical, and explosives manufacturing and frog farming for domestic consumption.[3][6]
A post office operated at Stege from 1889 to 1935.[4] The name of the community is still used for the Stege Sanitary District, a special district created in 1913, which continues to provide sewer service for El Cerrito, Kensington, and the Richmond Annex.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Stege (Costa County County, California)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 10, 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 10, 2014. External link in
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- 1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 707. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ↑ Fletcher, Hamilton (1921). Report XVII of the State Mineralogist: Mining in California During 1920. Sacramento: California State Printing Office. p. 61.
- ↑ http://www.cocohistory.org/frm-photos.html
- ↑ http://www.stegesd.dst.ca.us/
