The Clyde Community Center anchors a quiet, unincorporated neighborhood with an outsized history — and we'd love for you to be part of what's next.
Nestled quietly in a corner of Contra Costa County, Clyde is more than a peaceful neighborhood — it's a perfectly preserved World War I company town. In 1917, as the U.S. entered the war, the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company broke ground on a 4,500-worker shipyard along the delta. The sudden influx of laborers created a housing crisis, so the U.S. Shipping Board loaned the company funds to build a master-planned town beside the yard — named Clyde, after Scotland's famed shipbuilding river.
On November 30, 1918 — just 19 days after the Armistice — the shipyard launched the Diablo, the largest freighter yet built on the Pacific Coast. But peacetime demand collapsed soon after: the shipyard closed, the grand hotel shuttered, and Clyde settled into the quiet residential village it remains today.
Many original worker cottages still stand today — surviving even the massive Port Chicago blast of 1944 nearby. Clyde now operates as an unincorporated census-designated place of about 725 residents, preserving its history through spaces like the Clyde Clubhouse, right here at the Community Center.
The Board of Directors meets monthly and welcomes community members to attend and speak during public comment.
Our monthly newsletter covers upcoming events, board updates, and neighbor spotlights.
From birthday parties to fundraisers to rehearsal space, the Center has a room for it. Rentals help fund our free community programs.