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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Pacheco
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
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|image_map                = Contra Costa County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Pacheco Highlighted.svg
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Contra Costa County, California|Contra Costa County]] and the state of [[California]]
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| pushpin_map             = USA
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the United States
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = {{USA}}
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|California}}
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in California|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Contra Costa County, California|Contra Costa]]
|government_type          =
|leader_title             = Pacheco Town Council
|leader_name              =
|leader_title1            = [[California's 7th State Senate district|State senator]]
|leader_name1             = {{Representative|casd|7|fmt=sleader}}<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://senate.ca.gov/senators |title = Senators |accessdate = March 30, 2013 |publisher = State of California |url-status = live |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130424213812/http://senate.ca.gov/senators |archivedate = April 24, 2013 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>
|leader_title2            = [[California's 14th State Assembly district|Assemblymember]]
|leader_name2             = {{Representative|caad|14|fmt=sleader}}<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title = Members Assembly |accessdate = March 30, 2013 |publisher = State of California |url-status = live |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130424192545/http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |archivedate = April 24, 2013 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>
|leader_title3            = [[California's 11th congressional district|U. S. rep.]]
|leader_name3             = {{Representative|cacd|11|fmt=usleader}}<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|11|accessdate=March 9, 2013}}</ref>
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| unit_pref               = US
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| area_footnotes          = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 30, 2023}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi        = 0.751
| area_land_sq_mi         = 0.751
| area_water_sq_mi        = 0
| area_total_km2          = 1.945
| area_land_km2           = 1.945
| area_water_km2          = 0
| area_water_percent      = 
| area_note               =
|elevation_ft             = 75
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=GNIS>{{Cite GNIS|1659330|Pacheco}}</ref>
|population_as_of         = 2020
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="2020 Census">{{Cite web|title=Pacheco CDP, California|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US0654764|access-date=August 30, 2023}}</ref>
|population_total         = 4,183
|population_metro         =
|population_density_km2   = auto
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|timezone                 = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific]]
|utc_offset               = -8
|coordinates              = {{coord|37|59|01|N|122|04|31|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
|timezone_DST             = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]]
|utc_offset_DST           = -7
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 94553
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 925|925]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
|blank_info               = {{FIPS|06|54764}}
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature IDs
|blank1_info              = {{GNIS 4|1659330}}, {{GNIS 4|2409012}}
|footnotes                = <ref name=GNIS />
|website                  =
}}
'''Pacheco''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Contra Costa County, California]], [[United States]]. At the 2020 census, 4,183 people lived there.<ref name="2020 Census"/> Pacheco is {{convert|5.5|mi|km|0}} north of [[Walnut Creek, California|Walnut Creek]].<ref name=CGN>Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 676. {{ISBN|9781884995149}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Pacheco has a total area of {{convert|0.75|sqmi|km2}}.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/>

==History==
The town was started in 1857. There was a post office there from 1859 to 1913. In 1955, postal service started again.<ref name=CGN />

For a short time, Pacheco had a lot of very successful businesses. During that time, ships from the Pacific Ocean were able to get to the town by going through Pacheco Slough.  Then, during the 1860s, there were some fires, floods, and an earthquake. These destroyed the town and filled the slough with silt so that ships could not get there any more.  Many people later left Pacheco to go to the nearby town of Todos Santos, which was later renamed to [[Concord, California|Concord]].<ref>
{{cite book
| title = Old Times in Contra Costa
| last = Tatam
| first = Robert Daras
| publisher = Highland Publishers
| location = Pittsburg, Calif.
| isbn = 0-9637954-3-0
| year = 1996
| pages = 114–115
}}</ref>

== Annexation ==
In January 2011, the Martinez City Council voted to take over the parts of Pacheco that are north of [[California State Route 4]].  The government was expected to approve the takeover in the fall of 2011. In March 2012, enough people objected that an election would have to be held about the issue.<ref>Mart, Greta. [http://www.martinezgazette.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8852:residents-likely-to-hit-polls-over-n-pacheco-annexation-&catid=46:news&Itemid=81 "Residents Likely To Hit Polls Over N. Pacheco Annexation."] ''Martinez News Gazette''. March 10, 2012.</ref>

==References==
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{{Geographic location
|Center    = Pacheco
|North     = [[Suisun Bay]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Buchanan Field Airport]]
|Southeast = [[Concord, California|Concord]]
|South     = [[Pleasant Hill, California|Pleasant Hill]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Martinez, California|Martinez]]
|Northwest = [[Benicia, California|Benicia]]
}}
{{Contra Costa County, California}}

[[Category:Census-designated places in California]]
[[Category:1857 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Settlements in Contra Costa County, California]]