Alamo is an unincorporated community and census-designated
place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, California, in the
United States. It is located in the East Bay region of the
San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2000 census, the
population was 15,626. Alamo was named by the Spanish in
1850 for the poplar trees that lined San Ramon Creek. As an
unincorporated community, Alamo does not have a government
of its own. Police services are provided by the Contra Costa
County Office of the Sheriff. Fire and EMS services are
provided by the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection
District. In August, 2007, a group of citizens launched a
new initiative to incorporate the community, the latest in a
series of attempts that go back to the early 1960s or
before.[1] Previous failed Alamo incorporation efforts
always included parts of other nearby unincorporated areas:
Alamo-Danville (1964) and Alamo-Danville-San Ramon
(1976). The latest Alamo incorporation came to a vote on
March 3, 2009 when the