Bethel Island, California<\/h3>
Bethel Island (formerly known as Bethell, Bethell Ranch, Bethel Tract, Sand Mound Ranch, Sand Mound Tract) is a census-designated place (CDP) on Bethel Island in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 2,137 at the 2010 census. The community of Bethel Island is governed as a Special Act District created by the California State legislature and named the Bethel Island Municipal Improvement District (BIMID). It is a popular destination for recreation seekers, especially hunters, fishermen and boaters.\n<\/p>
The landform known as Bethel Island was created between 1859 and 1870 by several men, see the names and survey numbers below. (Source: California State Archives for Land Patent Certificate of Purchase for Swamp and Overflow Surveys Numbers 80, 81, 82, 83, 225, 226, 227 and 250). It was NOT created in 1860 by a man named Stone as claimed by Kathy Leighton. Alonzo Stone purchased much of the property formerly owned by Warren and Anne Bethell, and the area was briefly referred to as the \"Stone Tract\" in the 1930s. Prior to this, it was referred to as \"Sandmound Ranch\", \"Sandmound Tract\" or \"Bethel Tract\" and contained an estimated area of 6,000 acres (24\u00a0km2), and did not become an island until 1911, when Dutch Slough was dredged eastward to join with Sandmound Slough. East Contra Costa Historical Society has been made aware of these inaccuracies, however has not yet updated their website. [6]<\/p>
The first post office opened in 1898, and named for its first postmaster Franklin Cloud Bethell. The second \"L\" was dropped by a rather pious postal commissioner that reportedly felt it would be ungodly to allow the new location to be called \"Bet Hell\", and took liberties to change it to \"Bethel\" (\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d0\u05dc), meaning \"House of God\" in Hebrew.[7] The post office closed in 1902.[7] A Post Office re-opened on Bethel Island in 1947.\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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