Map of Moraga town

Moraga is a town in 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 of 2020, Moraga had a total population of 16,870 people. Moraga is the home of Saint Mary’s College of California.

Moraga town overview:
Name:	Moraga town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	California
County:	Contra Costa County
Incorporated:	November 13, 1974
Elevation:	499 ft (152 m)
Total Area:	9.45 sq mi (24.49 km²)
Land Area:	9.45 sq mi (24.46 km²)
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km²) 0.09%
Total Population:	16,870
Population Density:	1,800/sq mi (690/km²)
ZIP code:	94556, 94570, 94575
Area code:	925
FIPS code:	0649187
Website:	www.moraga.ca.us

Online Interactive Map

Moraga online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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Moraga location on the U.S. Map. Where is Moraga town. — Moraga location on the U.S. Map.

Moraga location on the California map. Where is Moraga town. — Location of Moraga in California.

History

The land now called Moraga was first inhabited by the Saklan Native Americans who belonged to the Bay Miwok language group.

Joaquin Moraga was the grandson of José Joaquín Moraga, builder of the Presidio of San Francisco and founder of the pueblo that grew into the city of San Jose. Joaquin’s father Gabriel Moraga was also a soldier, and an early explorer who named many of the state’s rivers, including the Sacramento and San Joaquin.

Moraga is located on the 1835 Mexican Land Grant Rancho Laguna de Los Palos Colorados given to Joaquin Moraga and his cousin, Juan Bernal. Part of that grant was the property today known as Moraga Ranch. The Moraga Adobe has been preserved and is located in neighboring Orinda. Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School, a middle school in Moraga, bears his name.

In the first half of the 20th century, the line of the Sacramento Northern Railroad ran through Moraga; much of the old right-of-way is now part of the Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail.

Moraga’s first post office opened in 1886, and was closed in 1887; it reopened in 1915. In 1955, Moraga built a new post office. Saint Mary’s College of California moved to Moraga in 1928. Moraga incorporated in 1974, when the communities of Moraga Town, Rheem, and Rheem Valley, united into one town.

In June 2017, Moraga declared a fiscal emergency, because a sinkhole in the downtown area and a failed bridge on Canyon Road were expected to cost $5 million to repair.

Moraga Road Map

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Geography

Moraga is located at 37°50’06” North, 122°07’47” West, at an elevation of 499 feet (152 m). It is located adjacent to the cities of Lafayette and Orinda, as well as the unincorporated community of Canyon. Other nearby cities include Walnut Creek, Oakland, San Francisco, Concord and Berkeley.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 9.4 square miles (24 km), of which 9.4 square miles (24 km) is land and 0.09% is water. Moraga is in a valley, surrounded by rolling hills. Large sections of the Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail pass through the town.