Alameda County, California (United States)

Last modified: 2003-03-14 by michael p. smuda

by Michael Smuda 17-JUN-1998

• Flag Description

See also:

• Alameda County web site.
• Cities of California.
• Government Agencies.
• Other California Flags.
• Cities of Alameda County:
  • City of Alameda.
  • Albany.
  • Berkeley.
  • Dublin.
  • Emeryville.
  • Fremont.
  • Hayward.
  • Livermore.
  • Newark.
  • Oakland (County Seat).
  • Piedmont.
  • Pleasanton.
  • San Leandro.
  • Union City.

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  Alameda County was created on June 6, 1853 with the division of Contra Costa County into two, Alameda County to the south, Contra Costa County to the north. The county seat is Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco.

  Flag Description

  The following is from a press release of the Alameda County Art Commission:

  "Alameda County Flag

  Background Information

  Alameda County was founded June 6, 1853. There was not a flag for 137 years, until June 14, 1990 when, under the leadership of the late County Supervisor Charles Santana, the present flag was designated as Alameda County's official flag. The Alameda County flag was designed at the request of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors by artist Ben Hazard, a member of Alameda County Art Commission. A striking design in blue, golden yellow and black on a field of white, the flag's design is intended to suggest some of Alameda County's outstanding physical features: the bright sunrise, rolling hills and sparkling Bay waters. The five vertical stars on the right border of the flag represent the County's five supervisoral districts."

  The proportion of the flag is 3:2.

  Used with the permission of the County Administrators Office, County of Alameda.