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Daly City (/ ˈ d eɪ l i /) is the second-most populous city in San Mateo County, California, United States.Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, and immediately south of San Francisco (sharing its northern border with almost all of San Francisco's southern border), it is named for businessman and landowner John Donald Daly.
Location of counties with the five most popular names. This is a list of U.S. county names that are used in two or more states. Ranked are the 428 most common county names, which are shared by counties in two or more states each, accounting for 1,730 of the 3,140 counties and county-equivalents in the United States.
Map of the United States with California highlighted. California is a state located in the Western United States. It is the most populous state and the third largest by area after Alaska and Texas. According to the 2020 United States Census, California has 39,538,223 inhabitants and 155,779.22 square miles (403,466.3 km 2) of land. [1]
City of Angels [9] [62] – based partially on the literal translation of the city's original historical full name from the Spanish language-- "The City of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels". City of Flowers and Sunshine [18] La-La Land [9] Shaky Town [63] Tinseltown [64] (specifically applies to Hollywood [9])
Surprisingly New York and California aren't even on the top 5 list for states with the most neurotics. That dubious honor goes to South Dakota followed by Delaware, Kentucky, Vermont and Illinois.
Pautah County, California was created in 1852 out of territory which, the state of California assumed, was to be ceded to it by the United States Congress from territory in what is now the state of Nevada. When the cession never occurred, the California State Legislature officially abolished the never-organized county in 1859. [4]
These are lists of U.S. county name etymologies.Many U.S. states have counties named after U.S. presidents such as Washington, Madison, Polk, Jefferson, etc. Counties are also commonly named after famous individuals, local Native American tribes once in the area (Washoe County, Nevada), cities located within the county, and land or water features (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, meaning "Fat Hill ...
One, San Francisco, is a consolidated city–county. California law makes no distinction between "city" and "town", and municipalities may use either term in their official names. [ 6 ] The first municipalities to incorporate were Benicia and San Jose on March 27, 1850, while the most recent was Oakley on July 1, 1999. [ 7 ]