Excelsior, San Francisco
| Excelsior District | |
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| Neighborhood of San Francisco | |
 Excelsior District
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| Coordinates: 37°43′14″N 122°25′58″W / 37.72058°N 122.43276°W | |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Ahsha Safaí |
| • Assemblymember | Phil Ting (D) |
| • State Senator | Scott Wiener (D) |
| • United States Representatives | Nancy Pelosi (D) and Jackie Speier (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.50 km2 (1.350 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3.50 km2 (1.350 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 23,823 |
| • Density | 6,810/km2 (17,640/sq mi) |
| ZIP Code | 94112, 94134 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
Coordinates: 37°43′14″N 122°25′58″W / 37.72058°N 122.43276°W
The Excelsior District is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
The Excelsior District is located along Mission Street, east of San Jose Ave, south of Interstate 280 Southern Fwy, west of John McLaren Park, and somewhat north of Geneva Avenue.
Neighborhoods within the Excelsior District include the Excelsior Neighborhood itself, Mission Terrace, Outer Mission neighborhood, Portola, & Crocker Amazon.
On April 15, 1869, the Excelsior Homestead was filed at city hall. The record is in books “C” and “D” and in the book of city maps on page 129. This map section showing the area called the Excelsior can be found in Bancroft's Official Guide Map of City and County of San Francisco. This map indicates that the Excelsior area was previously part of the Rancho Rincon de las Salinas y Potrero Viejo.
Rancho Rincon de las Salinas y Potrero Viejo later became known as Southern San Francisco on city maps, not to be confused with the town of South San Francisco. The Southern San Francisco area referred to everything south and central along with the eastern bent of Mission Street and District. The neighborhood extends to its end at the county line. Over the years, as the southern end of San Francisco was developed, the city created Major neighborhoods & Districts within the area, and these were given names that appeared on city maps. These are: Bernal Heights, Ingleside, The Excelsior District, Visitacion Valley & The Bay View District. As the city grew, The Excelsior District was developed further, and it was split into even smaller sub-neighborhoods useful for Real Estate. Some of these given names are: the Excelsior neighborhood itself, Mission Terrace, the Outer Mission neighborhood, Portola, and Crocker Amazon. Despite this division into smaller sub-neighborhoods, most of these areas are still referred to as being the Excelsior District today.
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