Depiction of Oakland in 1900. (Public Domain)This is Oakland! Hecka love it, hella love it, or just plain love it, it's our town! It's on the sunny side of the Bay.
Oakland is the third largest city in Bay Area, the eighth-largest in California, and the 47th-largest city in the country.
The City was incorporated in 1852, and is the county seat of Alameda County.
The 2010 Census puts the population at 390,724. You can read more details on City of Oakland History.
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city seal - 1874
