Walnut Creek

city in Contra Costa County, California, United States
Place city_of_california Q493261
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Summary

Walnut Creek is a city of California[1]. It draws 3,104 Wikipedia views per month (city of california category, ranking #18 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Association of Bay Area Governments[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Contra Costa County[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Continent: North America[6]
  • Shares border with: Pleasant Hill[7], Alamo[8], Concord[9]
  • Twinned administrative body: Siófok[10]
  • Postal code: 94595[11], 94596[12], 94597[13], 94598[14]
  • Commons category: Walnut Creek, California[15]
  • Located in time zone: Pacific Time Zone[16]
  • Local dialing code: 925[17]
  • Inception: 1849[18]
  • Official website: http://www.walnut-creek.org[19], https://www.walnut-creek.org/[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Walnut Creek, California[21]
  • Population: 64,173[22], 70,127[23]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Walnut Creek, California[24]
  • Official name: Walnut Creek[25]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Walnut Creek, California[26]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Walnut Creek[27]
  • Number of households: 32,163[28]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Walnut Creek, California[29]
  • Elevation above sea level: 131 feet[30]
  • Area: 51.206266 km²[31], 51.2006 km²[32]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.0611 percent[33]
  • Territory overlaps: Concord–Walnut Creek urban area[34]
  • Number of viewers/listeners: 1,311,574[35]

Why It Matters

Walnut Creek has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Per capita income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+69894'}
    Member of → Association of Bay Area Governments
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → San Francisco Bay Area
    Instance of → city of California
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