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El Cerrito

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El Cerrito

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Also known as El Cerrito, California, El Cerrito, CA

city in Contra Costa County, California, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
California
County
Contra Costa
Incorporated
August 23, 1917
Mayor
Gabe Quinto
State senator
Jesse Arreguín ( D )
State assembly
Buffy Wicks ( D )
U s congress
John Garamendi ( D )
County board
District 1:, John Gioia
Total
3.67 sq mi (9.51 km )
Land
3.67 sq mi (9.51 km )
Water
0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0%
Elevation
69 ft (21 m)
Density
7,070/sq mi (2,730/km )
Time zone
UTC-8 ( PST )
Summer dst
UTC-7 ( PDT )
Area codes
510, 341
Fips code
06-21796

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Albany Hill
Official name
El Cerrito
Population
25962
Area
9.551161
Elevation
69
Shares border with
Richmond
Official website
www.el-cerrito.org
Image
Cerrito Theater San Pablo Avenue.jpg
Households
10258
Licence plate code
510
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Commons category
El Cerrito, California
topic's main category
Category:El Cerrito, California
postal code
94530
category of associated people
Category:People from El Cerrito, California
water as percent of area
0
P8168
Geber
water area
0
per capita income
58329
date of incorporation
1917-08-23
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Encyclopedic overview

El Cerrito (Spanish for 'The Little Hill') is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, and forms part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It has a population of 25,962 according to the 2020 census. El Cerrito was founded by refugees from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It was incorporated in 1917 as a village with 1,500 residents. As of the census in 2022, there were 25,583 people and 10,637 households in the city.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “El Cerrito” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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