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Livermore, city, Alameda county, western California, U.S. It is situated on the eastern edge of the Livermore-Amador Valley, 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Oakland. The area was originally inhabited by Costanoan Indians. Located partly on the site of the Rancho Las Positas (granted to Robert Livermore and José Noriega in 1839), the city was founded in 1869 by William Mendenhall after the arrival of the Central Pacific Railroad. It developed as a shipping-processing point...

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