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  2. History of San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    San Francisco was the county seat of San Francisco County, one of state's 18 original counties since California's statehood in 1850. Until 1856, the city limits extended west to Divisadero Street and Castro Street, and south to 20th Street.

  3. San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    San Francisco, [23] officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center within Northern California.With a population of 808,988 residents as of 2023, [14] San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California behind Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose, and the 17th most populous in the US.

  4. Yerba Buena, California - Wikipedia

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    The uninhabited northeastern area of San Francisco was called El Paraje de Yerba Buena (The Place of the Good Herb), derived from the Spanish geographical term paraje, meaning "place", "camp", or "stopping point" and yerba buena, the Spanish name for plants in the mint family, used in Alta California for Clinopodium douglasii, which grew abundantly in this area.

  5. List of San Francisco placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Per a 1918 San Francisco Chronicle article, Bush Street is named after a physician, Jonathan Platt Bush (J.P. Bush). Cabrillo Street: Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo: California Street: State of California: Capp Street: C.S. Capp: Capp was secretary of the San Francisco Homestead Union, the first homestead association in San Francisco.

  6. Nicknames of San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    SFC (San Francisco City) Sunset City; The City – used by native San Franciscans and people in the Bay Area [1] The City by the Bay – refers to San Francisco Bay [12] The City of Love – as seen in Cool, Gray City of Love by Gary Kamiya [13] and in the lyrics of "San Francisco" by German eurodance group Cascada [14] The City that Knows How [15]

  7. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    The Castro, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California Tierrasanta, San Diego , a neighborhood in the city of San Diego , California ( holy land ) Trinidad, Washington, D.C. , neighborhood located in Ward 5, in the northeast quadrant of Washington, D.C. (the area got its name from 19th century speculator James Barry, who had ...

  8. San Francisco sues Oakland over new airport name that ... - AOL

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    San Francisco on Thursday sued Oakland after officials there voted in favor of changing the name of the city’s airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, saying the change will ...

  9. Timeline of San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and Hansberry Theatre established. Sister city relationship established with Manila, Philippines. [59] 1982 – City/county handgun ban approved; later struck down by state court. [66] 1983 San Francisco General Hospital AIDS clinic established. [69] The first San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival takes ...