Ramon is not the only ordinary citizen to give his name to a Bay Area city.
Several sailors who jumped ship in the area ended up being city namesakes, including one who took on a new name to avoid detection.
Learn more about the interesting — and sometimes weird — origin of Bay Area city names in the stories below:Ben Margot/Associated PressThe land that is today Alameda was once owned by Luis Peralta, a settler who was gifted the land grant by the governor of California in 1818. The word “alameda” means a grove of poplar trees in Spanish and was chosen in 1853 after a popular vote of residents.Albany’s creation is a lot more colorful than its name indicates.
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