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The historic town of Alamo is nestled between Walnut Creek, Danville, Mt. Diablo and Las Trampas Peak at the northern end of the San Ramon Valley, in beautiful Contra Costa County, and is 45 miles East of San Francisco.  Alamo is a spanish name for the poplar, a species of tree found in abundance in the valley and the creeks that flow through Alamo.  Alamo residents enjoy a temperate climate and a variety of year-round outdoor activities.  Alamo is an upscale community that boasts an outstanding school system, spectacular custom homes, beautiful parks with equestrian trails and has easy access to excellent restaurants, shopping and cultural advaSantages.  Alamo is Contra Costa's second oldest township offering a unique blend of country estate living & small town atmospherre with close proximity to urban conveniences such as great shopping, restaurants and public transportation.  Alamo is considered home for many business owners, physicians, professional athletes, executives and "captains" of bay area industry.

Alamo is an unincorporated township, which means it is governed by county supervisors from the county seat in Martinez.  Occassionally there is talk about incorporating Alamo as a city with it own city council.  The Alamo Inprovement Association (AIA) has the ear of the county politicians and administrators and generally has strong influence over what passes or doesn't pass with the County Planning and Zoning departments for new construction projects in Alamo.

Alamo is home to the prestigious Roundhill Country Club which is private membership golf, tennis, wimming and social organizaiton.  The  golf course and surrounding ridgelines are dotted with homes ranging from 2,500 square foot ranch homes to 10,000+ square foot estate homes.

Alamo has 2 public parks, but many home in Alamo have yards that might be mistaken for a public park, featuring lawns, play structures, gardens, pools, spas, tennis courts, sports courts, ponds, waterfalls, horse stables, etc...!  The community also features miles of equestrian trails that connect between the surrounding area neighborhoods, Las Trampas ridge, Mt. Diablo and the Bay Area ridgeline trail system.

The nationally awarded and highly ranked San Ramon Valley Unified School District provides elemetary, intermediate and high school education (pre-college prep) to the majority of the community.  Achievement test scores consistently rank in the top percentiles among California schools.

  San Ramon Valley Unified School District Test Results and San Ramon Valley Unified School District Info.

The northwestern corner of Alamo bordering alnog south Walnut Creek and Tice Valley are actually served by the Walnut Creek Elementary School District for elementary and middle schools, and the Acalances Union High School District for high school.  (Click here for Walnut Creek Test Scores or Acalanes Test Scores)

Population according to the 2000 Census is 15, 626. (Click here for demographics)