Atchison, California

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Atchison is a former settlement in Contra Costa County, California.^[1] It was located 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Richmond.^[1] Its site has now been incorporated by Richmond. The town was most noted as the local headquarters of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, after which it was named.^[1]

A post office operated at Atchison from 1903 to 1911.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 689. ISBN 9781884995149.

v · d · eMunicipalities and communities of Contra Costa County, California

County seat: Martinez

Cities and towns	Antioch \| Brentwood \| Clayton \| Concord \| Danville \| El Cerrito \| Hercules \| Lafayette \| Martinez \| Moraga \| Oakley \| Orinda \| Pinole \| Pittsburg \| Pleasant Hill \| Richmond \| San Pablo \| San Ramon \| Walnut Creek

CDPs	Alamo \| Bay Point \| Bayview-Montalvin \| Bethel Island \| Blackhawk-Camino Tassajara \| Byron \| Clyde \| Crockett \| Diablo \| Discovery Bay \| East Richmond Heights \| El Sobrante \| Kensington \| Knightsen \| Mountain View \| Pacheco \| Port Costa \| Rodeo \| Rollingwood \| Tara Hills \| Vine Hill \| Waldon

Unincorporated communities	Alamo Oaks \| Arbor \| Avon \| Bancroft \| Bayo Vista \| Bixler \| Blackhawk \| Bridgehead \| Canyon \| Christie \| Cornwall \| Crolona Heights \| Diamond \| East Richmond \| Eastport \| Four Corners \| Franklin Canyon \| Gateley \| Glen Frazer \| Herpoco \| Hookston \| Las Juntas \| Los Medanos \| Luzon \| Maltby \| Marsh Creek Springs \| McAvoy \| Meinert \| Monsanto \| Montalvin \| Muir \| Neroly \| Newlove \| Nichols \| North Richmond \| Oleum \| Orinda Village \| Orwood \| Ozol \| Rheem \| Rock City \| Saranap \| Selby \| Shore Acres \| Sobrante \| Sparkle \| Stege \| Tassajara \| Tormey \| Valle Vista \| Valona \| Walnut Heights \| Werner

Ghost towns and lost cities	Acelanus \| Ambrose \| Atchison \| Bay Point \| Eckley \| Empire \| Hooper \| Horse Haven \| Judsonville \| Junction \| Nortonville \| Ohmer \| Point of Timber \| Port Chicago \| Schmidtville \| Somersville \| Stewartville \| Tammukan \| West Hartley \| Winehaven