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 |
| A
Franciscan father who was sailing with Sebastián Rodríguez
Cermeño named the bay San Francisco on Nov. 7, 1595. In 1776,
the Spaniards established a presidio, or military post, and a Franciscan
mission on the end of the beautiful peninsula. In the following year,
a little town was founded around the mission. It was called Yerba
Buena, Spanish for “Good Herb,” because mint grew in abundance
there. In 1846, during the Mexican War, Yerba Buena was taken over
by the United States. It was renamed San Francisco in 1847 and became
incorporated as a city in 1850. |
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 |
| Total
City Population |
| |
Central City - 776,733
Total - 6,816,047 |
| City
Black Population |
| |
Central
City - 60,515 (7.8%) |
| City
Hispanic Population |
| |
Central
City - 109,504 (14.1%) |
| City
Asian Population |
| |
Central
City - 239,565 (30.8%) |
| City
Highlights |
| |
Golden
Gate Bridge
Alcatraz
Fisherman's Warfh
Pier 39 |
| Colleges
and Universities |
| |
UC
- Davis
City College of San Francisco
Golden Gate University
San Francisco State University
Santa Clara University |
| Major
Companies HQ |
| |
Northrop
Grumman
Occidental Petroleum
KB Home
Levi Strauss & Company
Chevron Corporation
Wells Fargo |
| Pro
Sports Teams |
| |
San
Francisco Giants
San Francisco Forty-Niners |
| Local
Area Celebrities |
| |
Mel
Blanc
Clint Eastwood
Bruce Lee
O.J. Simpson |
| Median
Income |
| |
$57,714 |
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