Dublin

Dublin is a suburban city of the East Bay in California. It is located within the Amador Valley of Alameda County’s Tri-Valley region. It is located along the north side of Interstate 580.

In 1835, José María Amador was granted 16,500 acres for his service as a Mexican soldier and in Mission San Jose where he was an administrator in the valley which was named Amador Valley after him. In 1850, Irish settlers bought land from Amador and founded a town.

Several historical sites are preserved and located where Dublin Boulevard is crossed by Donlan Way, itself formerly the northernmost segment of the main road to Sunol and Niles Canyon (present-day Foothill Road):

• The Murray Schoolhouse (established in 1856 with 50 pupils)
• Green’s Store (opened in 1860) current home of the Dublin Church of Christ.
• The old cemetery was formally established in 1859, although people had been buried in the churchyard for years before 1859.
• Old St. Raymond’s Church (built 1859), is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
• Dublin Boulevard was a part of the Lincoln Highway and later U.S. Route 50. The street formerly curved southward near today’s Hansen Drive to follow present-day Dublin Canyon Road toward Hayward.

In 1960, the first housing tracts were built in West Dublin, transforming the formerly rural community into a suburb. It grew steadily from the early 1960s onward as both a residential and retail center. It’s rapid residential growth is one of the many reasons considering Dublin, CA real estate is a great choice.