Clyde, California facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Clyde
Census-designated place
Location in Contra Costa County and the state of California
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Country	United States
State	California
County	Contra Costa
Area
• Total	0.14 sq mi (0.36 km2)
• Land	0.14 sq mi (0.36 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)  0%
Elevation	23 ft (7 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	729
• Density	5,170.21/sq mi (2,000.09/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	94520
Area code(s)	925
FIPS code	06-14232
GNIS feature IDs	1658292, 2407641

Clyde is a census-designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 678 at the 2010 census. It is located six miles (10 kilometres) east of Martinez.

History

In 1917, the United States Shipping Board provided a government loan to the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company to build a company town. The board commissioned Bernard Maybeck to be supervising architect for laying out the new town. He designed the hotel and around 200 of the initial homes built in the town. George Applegarth was hired as acting architect. In this position, he drew many of the architectural plans for the town.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 square kilometres), all of it land.

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census reported that Clyde had a population of 678. The population density was 5,054.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,951.6/km²). The racial makeup of Clyde was 530 (78.2%) White, 11 (1.6%) African American, four (0.6%) Native American, 58 (8.6%) Asian, three (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 25 (3.7%) from other races, and 47 (6.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 99 persons (14.6%).

Education

It is in the Mount Diablo Unified School District.

See also

In Spanish: Clyde (California) para niños