Niles District
Niles District is a suburb in Alameda, California. Niles District is situated nearby to the hamlet Shinn, as well as near Eberly.- Type: Suburb
- Description: former town, now a district of Fremont, California
- Also known as: “Gopher Town”, “Gophertown”, “Niles”, “Niles, California”, and “Vallejo Mills”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Niles Depot Museum and Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum.
Niles Depot Museum
Museum
The Niles Depot Museum is located in the former Southern Pacific Railroad colonnade-style passenger depot built in 1901, and freight depot, located in the Niles District of Fremont, California, United States.
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Museum
The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum is located in what is now the Niles district in the city of Fremont, California. The museum is housed in the Edison Theater building, a century-old Nickelodeon movie theater, just half a block from the former site of the Niles Essanay Studios where Broncho Billy and Charlie Chaplin made films in the 1910s.
Vallejo Flour Mill
Ruins
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shinn and Dresser.
Shinn
Hamlet
Shinn was a former unincorporated community around the Western Pacific Railroad station, constructed 1909 on the south bank of Alameda Creek at the end of Shinn Street.
Dresser
Hamlet
Dresser is an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California, United States. Its ZIP code is 94536 and its area codes are 510 and 341. Dresser is situated 1½ miles northeast of Niles District.
Pabrico
Hamlet
Pabrico is a neighborhood of Union City, Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 52 feet. Formerly an unincorporated community. Pabrico is named after Oakland Paving Brick Co. operated here from 1901 to 1912. Pabrico is situated 1½ miles west of Niles District.
Niles District
- Categories: human settlement, former settlement, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.57892° or 37° 34′ 44″ north
Longitude
-121.97791° or 121° 58′ 41″ west
Elevation
112 feet (34 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US NIZ
Open location code
849WH2HC+HR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Slovenian—“Niles District” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Niles”
- Slovenian: “Niles”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Niles Junction and Eberly.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Western Pacific 467 and Niles Town Plaza.
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