Alvarado, California

Alvarado (formerly, New Haven) is a former settlement in and former county seat of Alameda County, California, now part of Union City.

[1] It was located 5 miles (8 km) north-northwest of downtown Newark.

[1] In 1851, Henry C. Smith founded the town of New Haven, named after his father's home town of New Haven, Connecticut.

[1] In 1853, the town amalgamated with a nearby town called Alvarado, and became the county seat of the newly formed Alameda County.

[1] On January 13, 1959, Alvarado and Decoto voted to incorporate as Union City, California.