Selby is an

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Contra Costa County ) of the San Francisco Bay , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_name1 = California , subdivision_type2 ...

, in the East Bay region of the

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in northern

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Geography

The town is located on the

Carquinez Strait The Carquinez Strait (; Spanish: ''Estrecho de Carquinez'') is a narrow tidal strait in Northern California. It is part of the tidal estuary of the Sacramento and the San Joaquin rivers as they drain into the San Francisco Bay. The strait is lo ...

where its enters

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, across from Vallejo. The town at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m). It is next to

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, on the

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, and west-northwest of Martinez.

History

Selby is located on the 19th century Mexican land grant Rancho El Pinole site, that was made to Ygnacio Martinez. A post office operated at Selby from 1886 to 1967. The name honors Prentiss Selby, its first postmaster. Al Zampa, a bridge construction worker who played an integral role in the construction of numerous

bridges, was born here in 1905. The suspension bridge unit of the twin Carquinez Bridge is officially called the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, completed in 2003 to the east of town.

References

Unincorporated communities in California Company towns in California Carquinez Strait San Pablo Bay Populated places established in 1886 1886 establishments in California Unincorporated communities in Contra Costa County, California Populated coastal places in California {{ContraCostaCountyCA-geo-stub