Yerba Buena and Treasure islands together have a land area of 576.7 acres (233.4 ha) with – in 2010 – a total population of 2,500. The San Francisco census tract that includes Treasure Island extends up and down the San Francisco Bay and includes a small uninhabited tip of western Alameda Island. Treasure Island is connected to Yerba Buena Island, another auxiliary island of San Francisco, by a causeway, creating access to Interstate 80. Buildings there have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the historical Naval Station Treasure Island, an auxiliary air facility (for airships, blimps, dirigibles, planes and seaplanes), are designated in the Geographic Names Information System. : 8 Its World's Fair site is a California Historical Landmark. Built in 1936–37 for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, the island was named by Clyde Milner Vandeburg, part of the Fair's public relation team. Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay and a neighborhood in the City and County of San Francisco.
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