Daly City, California | ||
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City | ||
Daly City | ||
Part of Daly City with San Bruno Mountain and the San Francisco neighborhood of Crocker Amazon in the background.
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Nickname(s): Gateway to the Peninsula | ||
Location in San Mateo County and the U.S. state of California |
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Location in the United States | ||
Coordinates: 37°41′11″N 122°28′06″W / 37.68639°N 122.46833°WCoordinates: 37°41′11″N 122°28′06″W / 37.68639°N 122.46833°W | ||
Country | United States | |
State | California | |
County | San Mateo | |
Incorporated | March 22, 1911 | |
Named for | John Daly | |
Government | ||
• Type | Council-Manager | |
• Mayor | Glenn Sylvester | |
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Council Members
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• 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 |
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• 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 |
Daly City (/deɪliː ˈsɪtiː/) 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.