Table of Contents A Golden Start San Francisco Facts 4 Shaking Up Shaping Up 8 A Melting Pot 11 A Sports Giant 16 The Fit City 18 Where to Go How to Get There 22 Timeline Founded 1776 Land area 46.9 square miles 75.5 square kilometers Elevation 52 feet 16 meters above sea level Previous name Yerba Buena Population 837,442 Average Daytime Temperatures winter 58 degrees Fahrenheit 14.4 degrees Celsius spring 63 degrees Fahrenheit 17.2 degrees Celsius summer 67 degrees Fahrenheit 19.4 degrees Celsius fall 67 degrees Fahrenheit 19.4 degrees Celsius 29 Glossary 30 Index 31 Show What You Know Ethnic Diversity White non-hispanic 41.9% Black African American 6.1% American Indian Alaska Native 0.5% Asian 33.3% Hispanic Latino 15.1% 31 Websites to Visit City Nicknames The City City by the Bay 31 About the Author 32 Number of Annual Visitors 18,010,000 San Francisco San Francisco United States California
A Golden Start San Francisco California was first visited by Spanish settlers in 1769 It was already inhabited by the Ohlone people a group of Native Americans The Spanish officially settled the area in 1776 and it began growing into the major city it is today One of the original settlements was called El Presidio de San Francisco San Francisco Notes There is evidence that people have lived on the land San Francisco occupies since 3000 BCE 4
After Mexico declared its independence from Spain San Francisco became a part of Mexico But during the Mexican American War the United States took over El Presidio de San Francisco starting in 1846 On September 9 1850 California became the 31st state in the United States San Francisco used to be named Yerba Buena It was renamed in 1847 SAN FRANCISCO IN NOVEMBER 1848 5
