HAYWARD

city, Alameda county, California, U.S., at the eastern terminus of the San Mateo Toll Bridge across San Francisco Bay. Named for William Hayward, a disappointed gold seeker who arrived in 1851 and opened a hotel, it was originally an Indian campsite on grazing lands of Mission San Jos (established 1797) and later part of the Guillermo Castro Rancho. Promoted by San Francisco businessmen, it became a livestock and agricultural centre and later turned to manufacturing. California State University at Hayward was established in 1957 and Chabot (junior) College in 1961. Inc. 1876. Pop. (1990) 111,498.