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Crockett (formerly Crockettville) is a census designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, in the East Bay sub region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The population was 3,094 at the 2010 census. It is located 28 miles northeast of San Francisco. Other nearby communities include Port Costa, Martinez, Vallejo, Benicia, Rodeo, Hercules, Pinole and Richmond.

Crockett is located on the Mexican land grant Rancho El Pinole made to Ygnacio Martinez, and is named after Joseph B. Crockett, a judge on the California Supreme Court. Crocketville post office was established in 1883, and the name was changed to Crockett later that year. C & H soon became a dominant force in Crockett, which has been called a "company town." Raw sugar now arrives from the globe's sun belt: Australia, the Philippines and Nicaragua, among other countries.

A wildfire burned near Crockett on October 29, 2019, the same week as multiple wildfires in the region, e. g. Sonoma County "Kirkwood Fire", and a wildfire at the north end of the Carquinez bridge in Vallejo, California. There is some suspicion that strong northerly wind then caused embers from the Vallejo fire to jump the strait and ignite brush fires southwest of Crockett, located in Contra Costa County at the opposite end of the Carquinez bridge. The new fire, which was dubbed the "Sky fire," ignited about 9:30 AM and quickly generated so much dense smoke that authorities chose to close the Carquinez bridge to all vehicular traffic in both directions. CHP and county sheriff's office then began to
evacuate residents from that side of the community. Emergency responders from other cities rushed to the aid of Crockett's own VFD to begin extinguishing the fire, which was reportedly 50 percent contained shortly after noon that day. The Crockett evacuation order was cancelled and the Carquinez Bridge was reopened to traffic soon after.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.1 square miles (3 km2), all of it land. Crockett is located where the Carquinez Strait meets San Pablo Bay. The Carquinez Bridge, part of Interstate 80, links Crockett with the city of Vallejo to the north across the strait. To the east of Crockett along the south shore of the strait are Port Costa and the city of Martinez. South of Crockett are the town of Rodeo and the city of Hercules. Farther southwest on I 80 are the cities of Richmond, Berkeley and Oakland; in the opposite direction, northeast, is the capital of California, Sacramento.

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Crockett has a warm summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

The Bailey Art Museum features the work of internationally acclaimed sculptor Clayton Bailey, a resident of nearby Port Costa. The space brings together works from across the artist's five decades plus career featuring examples of Funk art, Nut art, ceramics, and metal sculpture (including robots and space guns), as well as pseudo scientific curiosities by the artist's alter ego, Dr. Gladstone. The collection also includes watercolor drawings by Betty Bailey and a gift shop.

The former Crockett railroad station now serves as the home of the Crockett Historical Society.

The 2010 United States Census reported that Crockett had a population of 3,094. The population density was The racial makeup of Crockett was 2,468 (79.8%) White, 146 (4.7%) African American, 31 (1.0%) Native American, 108 (3.5%) Asian, 24 (0.8%) Pacific Islander, 123 (4.0%) from other races, and 194 (6.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 490 persons (15.8%). The Census reported that 100% of the population lived in households. There were 1,446 households, out of which 306 (21.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 554 (38.3%) were opposite sex married couples living together, 166 (11.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 77 (5.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 133 (9.2%) unmarried opposite sex partnerships, and 22 (1.5%) same sex married couples or partnerships. 482 households (33.3%) were made up of individuals, and 158 (10.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14. There were 797 families (55.1% of all households); the average family size was 2.69. The population consisted of 461 people (14.9%) under the age of 18, 214 people (6.9%) aged 18 to 24, 825 people (26.7%) aged 25 to 44, 1,131 people (36.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 463 people (15.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males. There were 1,649 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,446 were occupied, of which 808 (55.9%) were owner occupied, and 638 (44.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.1%. 1,808 people (58.4% of the population) lived in owner occupied housing units and 1,286 people (41.6%) lived in rental housing units.

Crockett is home to the corporate headquarters of C&H Sugar, a subsidiary of American Sugar Refining. Crockett also contains a fuel storage facility owned by the NuStar Energy L. P. Corporation. This facility primarily consists of 24 storage tanks, designed to hold an aggregate of Two of these tanks are reserved for containing ethanol, which NuStar blends with other motor fuel components to make low emissions automobile fuel mandated by California laws.

Crockett is part of the John Swett Unified School District and is home to both Carquinez Middle School and John Swett High School. The Crockett Library of the Contra Costa County Library is located in Crockett.

Crockett is bordered to the south and the east by two regional parks operated by the East Bay Regional Park District. Crockett Hills Regional Park lies south of Crockett. The 1,939 acre park ranges in elevation from 150 to 800 feet, offering views of San Pablo Bay, the Delta, Mount Tamalpais, and Mount Diablo. Trails include a 4.5 mile segment of the Bay Area Ridge Trail. Crockett Hills is an excellent mountain biking park. Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline comprises 1,415 acres of bluffs and shoreline along Carquinez Scenic Drive between the town of Crockett and the hillsides overlooking Martinez. The topography of Crockett Ranch Regional Park and the adjoining Carquinez Regional Shoreline consists of open, rolling grasslands, wooded ravines, eucalyptus shaded meadows, and river shoreline. Multi purpose trails provide access to canyon views and ridgetop vistas.