Schmidtville, California
Schmidtville is a former unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, now contained within the city of El Cerrito, California.[1] It was located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Stege.[1]
El Cerrito was incorporated in August 1917. The communities of Stege Junction, Rust, Schmidtville, and Schindler, were all included in the new city.[2][3][4] Schmidtville was close to a flag stop on the Santa Fe Railroad[5] called Schmidt, so the area was also called Schmidt. It was centered around Schmidt Lane. The 1915 USGS map labeled the community as Schmidt. The 1920 census shows that the Schmidtville community had many Italian immigrants.[6]
A post office operated at Schmidtville from 1900 to 1901.[1]
References
- Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 628. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- Town Memo (February 2, 2016)
- (7 December 1910). Campaign for Incorporation, Newcastle News
- Radin, Rick and William Love (3 February 2016). El Cerrito begins planning for its centennial, . East Bay Times
- (14 December 1904). Tramp Frightens School Girl, Evening Statesman
- Historic Resource Evaluation: 1715 Elm Street, El Cerrito, California, Ver Planck Historic Preservation Consulting (December 2013)
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