Oleum
Oleum was an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located between the unincorporated town of Rodeo and Tormey. It was a small company town, with housing for Union Oil company workers, hence the name, derived from "petroleum".| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in California
- Also known as: “Oleum, CA” and “Oleum, California”
Places of Interest
Highlights include California Maritime Academy and Carquinez Bridge.
California Maritime Academy
University
Photo: Frijole, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Maritime Academy is a maritime academy branch campus of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in Vallejo, California. California Maritime Academy is situated 2 miles northeast of Oleum.
Carquinez Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Doug Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Carquinez Bridge is a pair of parallel bridges spanning the Carquinez Strait at the northeastern end of San Francisco Bay. They form the part of Interstate 80 between Crockett and Vallejo, California, United States. Carquinez Bridge is situated 1½ miles northeast of Oleum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tormey and Selby.
Tormey
Hamlet
Tormey, formerly known as El Cierbo from the (Spanish word 'Ciervo' for 'Elk', is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Selby
Hamlet
Selby is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California.
Rodeo
Village
Oleum
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.04464° or 38° 2′ 41″ northLongitude
-122.2483° or 122° 14′ 54″ westElevation
203 feet (62 metres)United Nations Location Code
US OL2Open location code
84CV2QV2+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 150962252OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5379194Wikidata ID
Q7086466
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Oleum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Oleum”
- Chinese: “奧勒姆”
- French: “Oleum”
- Persian: “اولیوم، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “اولیوم”
- South Azerbaijani: “اولوم، کالیفورنیا”
- Turkish: “Oleum”
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