San Francisco, California

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The coastal city of San Francisco is located in San Francisco County and is the county seat.

San Francisco was incorporated February 28, 1850.

Time Zone: San Francisco lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named San Francisco can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, San Francisco had a population of 776,733 people^<1> (or 99.88% of the total population of San Francisco County). The population of San Francisco represented 2.29% of the total of California, making it the state's 4th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, San Francisco had a population of 808,976 people. This is an increase of 4.15% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for San Francisco.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>
	Bolinas	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]
	Broadmoor Village	E	25 mi [40.23 km]
	Broadmoor	E	25 mi [40.23 km]
	Doelger City	E	25 mi [40.23 km]
	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls	NE	25 mi [40.23 km]
	Muir Beach	NE	22 mi [35.41 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for San Francisco.

Websites for San Francisco

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The Commemorative Quarter for California<3>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) San Francisco. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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