Stege, founded in 1876, was an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in western Contra Costa County,

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, United States. The town has now been annexed and absorbed by the cities of

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Baxter Creek History
and

El Cerrito, California El Cerrito ( Spanish for "The Little Hill") is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, and forms part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It has a population of 25,962 according to the 2020 census. El Cerrito was founded by refugee ...

. It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad south-southeast of downtown Richmond, at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m). The site is now located in the area known as the Richmond Annex, at coordinates: . It was a farm town founded by Wilhelmina "Minna" Boehm Quilfelt and her fourth husband, Richard Stege. Quilfelt first bought land from Victor Castro in April 1853, and by 1879 had 1,000 acres. Stege moved there shortly after marrying Quilfelt on 12 January 1867. The town surrounded their ranch and featured a general store and railroad stop. The town had a largely agricultural economy, which included ranching, mining, chemical and explosives manufacturing, and frog farming for domestic consumption. A post office operated at Stege from 1889 to 1935. The name of the community is still used for the

Stege Sanitary District Strege may refer to: * Stege, Denmark, a town on the island of Møn in south-eastern Denmark **Stege Church *Stege, California, a former town in western Contra Costa County, California *Stege Creek, an alternate name for Baxter Creek, used especial ...

, a special district created in 1913, which continues to provide sewer service for El Cerrito, Kensington, and the Richmond Annex.

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