Brentwood

Brentwood, California

    Brentwood Housing Statistics

City of Brentwood Website

Brentwood Youth Sports

    East Diablo Youth Soccer League

    Brentwood Pony League

Brentwood Entertainment & Recreation

    Delta Fishing and Boating

    Brentwood Wine Store

Brentwood Education

    Brentwood Union School District

    Liberty Union High School District

    Heritage High School Boundaries (.pdf)

    Brentwood Education & Technology Center

Important links for folks new to the area:

    Highway 4 Bypass

The Connell Team

Would you like to know more about Brentwood?  Read on...

Brentwood is located in East Contra Costa County, approximately an hour’s drive east of San Francisco, Brentwood is one of the fastest growing communities in the Bay Area. The rapid expansion of nearby cities and communities including Antioch, Pittsburg, Oakley, Discovery Bay, Byron, and Livermore fuels economic growth in the area. Within the next 10 years, Brentwood expects new developments with residential subdivisions for nearly 6,000 units. These projects include golf course developments, large lot estates, senior communities as well as townhouses and condominiums for entry-level single-family buyers. Brentwood offers a wide variety of property types and prices. Condominiums can be found. Single-family homes can run into the millions in some of the newer gated communities and for custom homes.

Brentwood Business climate:

Brentwood has a pro-business approach to new development, but one that balances the needs of the community and environment as part of the process.

Brentwood History:

The history of Brentwood dates back to a small blacksmith shop that was built in 1874.  By 1878, Brentwood erected its first post office and the San Pablo-Tulare Railroad serviced the growing township. Its namesake is a city in England where a resident of the new town once lived.

By 1890, Brentwood became the largest shipping point for wheat and barley between New Orleans and San Francisco. It incorporated in 1948, the first in East Contra Costa County, but remains an agricultural town even today. Crops raised include grains, alfalfa, apricots, nectarines, peaches, plums, cherries, figs, pears, walnuts, almonds, pistachios, tomatoes, corn, melons, squash, and lettuce. In 1913, the Balfour Guthrie Investment Company installed a $500,000 irrigation system, allowing Brentwood to support thriving orchards of apricots, peaches and cherries. By the 1920s, Brentwood became well known as one of California's agricultural centers.

The first people to live in the area were the Native American tribe known as the Bay Miwoks or the Northern Valley Yokuts. They were peaceful people who enjoyed singing and dancing, and lived mostly on acorn gruel, fish, game, berries and seeds.  They lived in dome shaped houses thatched with tulle.

Residents can see all that remains of this culture by visiting two abandoned village sites, known as Shell mounds.  One is along Indian Slough and Marsh Creek roads and the other at the Caves of Vasco.

The first European explorer of Contra Costa County was Pedro Fages in 1772.  But it wasn't until 65 years later that Europeans settled here. In the late 1830's, Dr. John Marsh became the first American citizen and physician in the area. He soon purchased a 12 X 10 mile grant for $500 and used the land primarily for cattle. In 1837, Dr. Marsh built a large stone manor house that still stands today, 2.5 miles south of Brentwood on Marsh Creek Road.

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