Rheem,
also known as Rheem Valley
and Rheem Center,
is an
unincorporated community in
Contra Costa County
) of the San Francisco Bay
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,
California, United States.
It is located north-northwest of
Danville,
at an elevation of 587 feet (179 m).
It was incorporated into the town of
Moraga
Moraga is a List of municipalities in California, town in Contra Costa County, California, Contra Costa County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The town is named in honor of Joaquín Moraga, member of the famed Californio family. As ...
when that town was incorporated in 1974.
The place was named after its developer, Donald Laird Rheem, one of the founders of
Rheem Manufacturing Company and the son of
William Rheem
William S. Rheem (1862 – April 19, 1919), a.k.a. W.S. Rheem, was an important civic figure in the politics of early Richmond, California in addition to being president of the Standard Oil Company of California (today's Chevron Corporati ...
, President of
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company, Inc., was an American oil production, transportation, refining, and marketing company that operated from 1870 to 1911. At its height, Standard Oil was the largest petroleum company in the world, and its success made its co-f ...
.
References
Unincorporated communities in California
Unincorporated communities in Contra Costa County, California
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