Byron, California

Byron is a small town in the South Delta established in 1878 as a railroad stop, but that later flourished as an important agricultural town. In earlier times, a nearby resort area was Byron Hot Springs, where during WWII some important Nazi officers were interned and questioned. Nearby Discovery Bay has a Byron address, and its growth in some ways has made Byron a less-quiet (but no less fun) place. There are U-pick farms in the area. In the 1860's R.O Risdon discovered the Byron Hot Springs. His nephew, Lewis Risdon Mead, discovered more than 50 springs ranging from 52 to 140 degrees F. Mead developed the now-idle Byron Hot Springs that were popular with the rich and famous in the 1920's and 30's. In 1938 the resort was closed and sold to the governments, which used it as a WWII prisoner of war interrogation center.

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Byron Union School District
 Byron Demographics