North Oakland, Oakland, California Explained

37.832°N -122.2665°WNorth Oakland is an area in Oakland, California, United States, bordered by Downtown Oakland, Oakland Hills, and the adjacent cities of Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont. Annexed to Oakland in 1897.^[1] It is known as the birthplace of the Black Panther Party and is the childhood home of both its co-founders, Dr. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.^[2]

Neighborhoods

According to a project commissioned by the city in 1982 to define Oakland's neighborhoods for landscaping purposes, North Oakland comprises the following neighborhoods:^[3]

Bushrod Park
Golden Gate
Koreatown
Longfellow
Piedmont Avenue
Rockridge
Santa Fe
Temescal
Fairview Park
Shafter
Gaskill
Paradise Park

Media

Oakland North has covered the area since 2008^[4] and Oakland Local since 2009.^[5]

Notes and References

http://www.calarchives4u.com/history/alameda/1914-ch20b.htm Past and Present of Alameda County, California - S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1914
http://www.blackpanthertours.com/tour_map.html Black Panther Tour Map
Web site: Neighborhood Search Map . https://web.archive.org/web/20090430211848/http://collections.museumca.org/search_map.jsp . 2009-04-30 . Oakland Museum of California . 2011-07-29.
http://oaklandnorth.net/about About Oakland North
http://oaklandlocal.com/tags/north-oakland North Oakland coverage at Oakland Local