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Daly City

Daly City, California
City
Daly City
Part of Daly City with San Bruno Mountain and the San Francisco neighborhood of Crocker Amazon in the background.
Part of Daly City with San Bruno Mountain and the San Francisco neighborhood of Crocker Amazon in the background.
Official seal of Daly City, California
Seal
Nickname(s): Gateway to the Peninsula
Location in San Mateo County and the U.S. state of California
Location in San Mateo County and the U.S. state of California
Daly City, California is located in the US
Daly City, California
Daly City, California
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 37°41′11″N 122°28′06″W / 37.68639°N 122.46833°W / 37.68639; -122.46833Coordinates: 37°41′11″N 122°28′06″W / 37.68639°N 122.46833°W / 37.68639; -122.46833
Country  United States
State  California
County Seal of San Mateo County, California.svg San Mateo
Incorporated March 22, 1911
Named for John Daly
Government
 • Type Council-Manager
 • Mayor Glenn Sylvester
 • City council
 • State Assembly Phil Ting (D)
 • State Senator Scott Wiener (D)
 • U. S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D)
Area
 • Total 7.664 sq mi (19.849 km2)
 • Land 7.664 sq mi (19.849 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation 344 ft (105 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 101,123
 • Estimate (2014) 106,094
 • Rank 1st in San Mateo County
65th in California
 • Density 13,843/sq mi (5,345/km2)
Time zone Pacific (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 94014–94017
Area codes 415/628, 650
FIPS code 06-17918
GNIS feature IDs 1658369, 2410291
Website www.dalycity.org

Daly City (/dl ˈsɪt/) is the largest city in San Mateo County, California, United States, with an estimated 2014 population of 106,094. Located immediately south of San Francisco, it is named in honor of businessman and landowner John Daly.

Archaeological evidence suggests the San Francisco Bay Area has been inhabited as early as 2700 BC. People of the Ohlone language group occupied Northern California from at least the 6th century. Though their territory had been claimed by Spain since the early 16th century, they would have relatively little contact with Europeans until 1769, when, as part of an effort to colonize Alta California, an exploration party led by Don Gaspar de Portolá learned of the existence of San Francisco Bay. Seven years later, in 1776, an expedition led by Juan Bautista de Anza selected the site for the Presidio of San Francisco, which José Joaquín Moraga would soon establish. Later the same year, the Franciscan missionary Francisco Palóu founded the Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores). As part of the founding, the priests claimed the land south of the mission for sixteen miles for raising crops and for fodder for cattle and sheep. In 1778, the priests and soldiers marked out a trail to connect San Francisco to the rest of California. At the top of Mission Hill, the priests named the gap between San Bruno Mountain and the hills on the coast La Portezuela ("The Little Door"). La Portezuela was later referred to as Daly's Hill, the Center of Daly City, and is now called Top of the Hill.


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