Ka cika wannan jumla: Sunan Fruitvale (a asali Fruit Vale) ya fito ne daga gonakin 'ya'yan itace (mafi yawa apricot da ceri) waɗanda suka mamaye yankin a ƙarshen ƙarni na 19. Bayan da
Girgizar kasa ta 1906, hare-haren 'yan gudun hijirar daga San Francisco ya haifar da yawan jama'a, kuma an haɗa unguwar da ba a haɗa ta ba a cikin Birnin Oakland a shekara ta 1909.