FREMONT

city, Alameda county, California, U.S., on the southeast shore of San Francisco Bay (there spanned by the Dumbarton Bridge), on the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct. Site of Mission San Jos de Guadalupe (founded in 1797), the city, named for John C. Frmont, the Western explorer, was formed in 1956 through the amalgamation of five communitiesCenterville, Irvington, Niles, Mission San Jos, and Warm Springs. Freeway connections stimulated residential and industrial growth as part of the San Francisco Bay development. Ohlone (junior) College (1966) is in Fremont. Pop. (1990) 173,339.