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Cornwall, California

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The Cornwall area, together with the nearby town of Black Diamond, was officially renamed "Pittsburg" on February 11, 1911, which may explain why the Cornwall Post Office stopped operations in that same year.
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system in 1888). The coal railroad crossed the San Pablo and Tulare line using an overhead trestle.
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from 1872 to 1904. Cornwall sprung up at the intersection of two railroads, the
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Bruce Cornwall, "Life Sketch of Pierre Barlow Cornwall," (1906), pp. 60 and 82.
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The Pacific Tourist, J. R. Bowman, Publisher, 1882, p. 335.
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Cornwall (disambiguation)
Unincorporated community
Cornwall is located in California
38°01′14″N 121°52′44″W / 38.02056°N 121.87889°W / 38.02056; -121.87889
United States
California
Contra Costa County
GNIS
253407
unincorporated community
Contra Costa County
California
Pittsburg
Baypoint
Pittsburg
ASL
Pierre Barlow Cornwall
Black Diamond Coal Mining Company
Nortonville, California
Black Diamond Coal Mining Railroad
San Pablo and Tulare Railroad
Southern Pacific





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