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San Francisco (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 46 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.7667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 122 25 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -122.4167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on peninsula between San Francisco Bay and Pacific ocean; was site of mission and fort, then village of Yerba Buena; under Mexican control after 1821; captured by US in 1846; destroyed by earthquake & fires in 1906; important port during WW II. |
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| San Francisco (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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............ | renamed on January 30, 1847 |
| Frisco (C,V,P)
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............ | nickname for the city |
| סן פרנסיסקו (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Yerba Buena (H,V)
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............ | name of presidio on this site founded in 1776 |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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area explored by Juan Cabrillo 1542-1543 & by Sir Francis Drake in 1579; Spanish military post founded September 17, 1776 |
| city (C) |
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since 1850 |
| county seat (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| financial center (C) |
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established as headquarters for many banks & stock exchange companies since Gold Rush of 1840s |
| trade center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces food-stuffs, textiles, aerospace & electronic equipment |
| cultural center (C) |
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famous as center for writers, artists, musicians & chefs |
| transportation center (C) |
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with construction of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge 1936, Golden Gate Bridge 1937 & Bay Area Rapid Transit System 1972 |
| educational center (C) |
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| boomtown (H) |
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during Gold Rush of 1840s, grew from 800 inhabitants to 25,000 in only 2 years |
| monastic center (H) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 822; II, 882; 2:882 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 388; XXVII, 1-6; 27:1-6; 10:388 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-) |
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USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6028237 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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