Bay Point, California

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Bay Point
CDP
Location in Contra Costa County and the state of California
Bay Point Location in the United States
Coordinates: 38°01′45″N 121°57′42″W / 38.02917°N 121.96167°W / 38.02917; -121.96167
Country	United States
State	California
County	Contra Costa
Government
• State Senator	Steve Glazer (D)[1]
• State Assembly	Buffy Wicks (D)[2]
• U. S. Congress	John Garamendi (D)[3]
Area [4]
• Total	7.44 sq mi (19.28 km2)
• Land	6.43 sq mi (16.64 km2)
• Water	1.02 sq mi (2.64 km2)  11.7%
Elevation	89 ft (27 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	23,896
• Density	3,718.64/sq mi (1,435.74/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	94565
Area code	925
FIPS code	06-04415
GNIS feature IDs	1853376, 2407808

Bay Point, formerly West Pittsburg and originally Bella Vista is a census-designated place located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in Contra Costa County, California. Bay Point is just west of Pittsburg, California, and northeast of Concord, California, on the southern shore of Suisun Bay. The population of Bay Point was 21,349 as of 2010. The Pittsburg/Bay Point Station of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) rail system is located adjacent to Bay Point in Pittsburg. The community is traversed by a freeway, State Route 4, the California Delta Highway. Being unincorporated, Bay Point does not have its own police department. The community is policed by the California Highway Patrol and the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office. The ZIP code is 94565, and the area code is 925.