List of incorporated cities and towns in California

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There are 481 incorporated cities and towns in California, of which 459 are called cities and 22 are called towns. Under California law, the terms "city" and "town" are explicitly interchangeable (see, e.g., Government Code Sections 34500-34504); so, the name of a municipal corporation can either be "City of (Name)" or "Town of (Name)" regardless of its population. The term "township" is obsolete; the terms "village" and "borough" have never been used.
Only currently incorporated places are listed. Many ghost towns and other previously incorporated cities and towns ceased to be separately incorporated upon their amalgamation to another city or town; for instance, Willow Glen in 1936 and Alviso in 1968 were consolidated into San Jose. To date, Cabazon is the only California municipality to dissolve (or "un-incorporate") itself. It did so in 1975, after only 20 years as a city, due to a weak economy.^[1]
Population data is based on results of the 2010 United States Census.^[2]

  *  Towns
  †  County seat
  ††  State capital and county seat

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Los Angeles

San Diego

San Jose

San Francisco

Fresno

Long Beach

Sacramento

Oakland

Anaheim

Bakersfield

Riverside

Irvine

San Bernardino

Huntington Beach

Oceanside

Santa Rosa

Salinas

Pasadena

Concord

Visalia

Burbank

Berkeley

Carlsbad

Compton

San Mateo

Santa Monica

Redding

Santa Barbara

Chico

Newport Beach

Merced

Napa

Davis

Santa Cruz

Lake Elsinore

Palm Springs

San Luis Obispo

El Centro

Beverly Hills

Monterey

Eureka

Laguna Beach

South Lake Tahoe

Coronado

Arcata

Truckee

Ukiah

Malibu

Crescent City

Yreka

Mammoth Lakes

Avalon

Name	County	Incorporated[3]	Population[2]
Adelanto	San Bernardino	December 22, 1970	31,765
Agoura Hills	Los Angeles	December 8, 1982	20,330
Alameda	Alameda	April 19, 1854	73,812
Albany	Alameda	September 22, 1908	18,539
Alhambra	Los Angeles	July 11, 1903	83,089
Aliso Viejo	Orange	July 1, 2001	47,823
Alturas †	Modoc	September 16, 1901	2,827
Amador City	Amador	June 2, 1915	185
American Canyon	Napa	January 1, 1992	19,454
Anaheim	Orange	March 18, 1876	336,265
Anderson	Shasta	January 16, 1956	9,932
Angels Camp	Calaveras	January 24, 1912	3,836
Antioch	Contra Costa	February 6, 1872	102,372
Apple Valley *	San Bernardino	November 28, 1988	69,135
Arcadia	Los Angeles	August 5, 1903	56.364
Arcata	Humboldt	February 2, 1858	17,231
Arroyo Grande	San Luis Obispo	July 10, 1911	17,252
Artesia	Los Angeles	May 29, 1959	16,522
Arvin	Kern	December 21, 1960	19,304
Atascadero	San Luis Obispo	July 2, 1979	28,310
Atherton *	San Mateo	September 12, 1923	6,914
Atwater	Merced	August 16, 1922	28,168
Auburn †	Placer	May 2, 1888	13,330
Avalon	Los Angeles	June 26, 1913	3,728
Avenal	Kings	September 11, 1979	15,505
Azusa	Los Angeles	December 29, 1898	46,361
Bakersfield †	Kern	January 11, 1898	347,483
Baldwin Park	Los Angeles	January 25, 1956	75,390
Banning	Riverside	February 6, 1913	29,603
Barstow	San Bernardino	September 30, 1947	22,639
Beaumont	Riverside	November 18, 1912	36,877
Bell	Los Angeles	November 7, 1927	35,477
Bell Gardens	Los Angeles	August 1, 1961	42,072
Bellflower	Los Angeles	September 3, 1957	76,616
Belmont	San Mateo	October 29, 1926	25,835
Belvedere	Marin	December 24, 1896	2,0658
Benicia	Solano	March 27, 1850	26,997
Berkeley	Alameda	April 4, 1878	112,580
Beverly Hills	Los Angeles	January 28, 1914	34,109
Big Bear Lake	San Bernardino	November 28, 1980	5,019
Biggs	Butte	June 26, 1903	1,707
Bishop	Inyo	May 6, 1903	3,879
Blue Lake	Humboldt	April 23, 1910	1,253
Blythe	Riverside	July 21, 1916	20,817
Bradbury	Los Angeles	July 26, 1957	1,048
Brawley	Imperial	April 6, 1908	24,953
Brea	Orange	February 23, 1917	39,282
Brentwood	Contra Costa	January 21, 1948	51,481
Brisbane	San Mateo	November 27, 1961	4,282
Buellton	Santa Barbara	February 1, 1992	4,828
Buena Park	Orange	January 27, 1953	80,530
Burbank	Los Angeles	July 8, 1911	103,340
Burlingame	San Mateo	June 6, 1908	28,860
Calabasas	Los Angeles	April 5, 1991	23,058
Calexico	Imperial	April 16, 1908	38,572
California City	Kern	December 10, 1965	14,120
Calimesa	Riverside	December 1, 1990	7,879
Calipatria	Imperial	February 28, 1919	7,705
Calistoga	Napa	January 6, 1886	5,155
Camarillo	Ventura	October 22, 1964	65,201
Campbell	Santa Clara	March 28, 1952	39,349
Canyon Lake	Riverside	December 1, 1990	10,561
Capitola	Santa Cruz	January 11, 1949	9,918
Carlsbad	San Diego	July 16, 1952	105,328
Carmel-by-the-Sea	Monterey	October 31, 1916	3,722
Carpinteria	Santa Barbara	September 28, 1965	13,040
Carson	Los Angeles	February 20, 1968	91,714
Cathedral City	Riverside	November 16, 1981	51,200
Ceres	Stanislaus	February 25, 1918	45,417
Cerritos	Los Angeles	April 24, 1956	49,041
Chico	Butte	January 8, 1872	86,187
Chino	San Bernardino	February 28, 1910	77,983
Chino Hills	San Bernardino	December 1, 1991	74,799
Chowchilla	Madera	February 7, 1923	18,720
Chula Vista	San Diego	November 28, 1911	243,916
Citrus Heights	Sacramento	January 1, 1997	83,301
Claremont	Los Angeles	October 3, 1907	34,926
Clayton	Contra Costa	March 18, 1964	10,897
Clearlake	Lake	November 14, 1980	15,250
Cloverdale	Sonoma	February 28, 1872	8,618
Clovis	Fresno	February 27, 1912	95,631
Coachella	Riverside	December 13, 1946	40,704
Coalinga	Fresno	April 3, 1906	13,380
Colfax	Placer	February 23, 1910	1,963
Colma *	San Mateo	August 5, 1924	1,792
Colton	San Bernardino	July 11, 1887	52,154
Colusa †	Colusa	June 16, 1868	5,971
Commerce	Los Angeles	January 28, 1960	12,823
Compton	Los Angeles	May 11, 1888	96,455
Concord	Contra Costa	February 9, 1905	122,067
Corcoran	Kings	August 11, 1914	24,813
Corning	Tehama	August 6, 1907	7,663
Corona	Riverside	July 13, 1896	152,374
Coronado	San Diego	December 11, 1890	18,912
Corte Madera *	Marin	June 10, 1916	9,253
Costa Mesa	Orange	June 29, 1953	109,960
Cotati	Sonoma	July 16, 1963	7,265
Covina	Los Angeles	August 14, 1901	47,796
Crescent City †	Del Norte	April 13, 1854	7,643
Cudahy	Los Angeles	November 10, 1960	23,805
Culver City	Los Angeles	September 7, 1917	38,883
Cupertino	Santa Clara	October 10, 1955	58,302
Cypress	Orange	July 24, 1956	47,802
Daly City	San Mateo	March 22, 1911	101,123
Dana Point	Orange	January 1, 1989	33,351
Danville *	Contra Costa	July 1, 1982	42,039
Davis	Yolo	March 28, 1917	65,622
Del Mar	San Diego	July 15, 1959	4,161
Del Rey Oaks	Monterey	September 3, 1953	1,624
Delano	Kern	April 13, 1915	53,041
Desert Hot Springs	Riverside	September 25, 1963	25,938
Diamond Bar	Los Angeles	April 18, 1989	55,544
Dinuba	Tulare	January 6, 1906	21,453
Dixon	Solano	March 30, 1878	18,351
Dorris	Siskiyou	December 23, 1908	939
Dos Palos	Merced	May 24, 1935	4,950
Downey	Los Angeles	December 17, 1956	111,772
Duarte	Los Angeles	August 22, 1957	21,321
Dublin	Alameda	February 1, 1982	46,036
Dunsmuir	Siskiyou	August 7, 1909	1,650
East Palo Alto	San Mateo	July 1, 1983	28,155
Eastvale	Riverside	October 1, 2010	53,668
El Cajon	San Diego	November 12, 1912	99,478
El Centro †	Imperial	April 16, 1908	42,598
El Cerrito	Contra Costa	August 23, 1917	23,549
El Monte	Los Angeles	November 18, 1912	113,475
El Segundo	Los Angeles	January 18, 1917	16,654
Elk Grove	Sacramento	July 1, 2000	153,015
Emeryville	Alameda	December 8, 1896	10,080
Encinitas	San Diego	October 1, 1986	59,518
Escalon	San Joaquin	March 12, 1957	7,132
Escondido	San Diego	October 8, 1888	143,911
Etna	Siskiyou	March 13, 1878	737
Eureka †	Humboldt	April 18, 1856	27,191
Exeter	Tulare	March 2, 1911	10,334
Fairfax *	Marin	March 2, 1931	7,441
Fairfield †	Solano	December 12, 1903	105,321
Farmersville	Tulare	October 5, 1960	10,588
Ferndale	Humboldt	August 28, 1893	1,371
Fillmore	Ventura	July 10, 1914	15,002
Firebaugh	Fresno	September 17, 1914	7,549
Folsom	Sacramento	April 20, 1946	72,203
Fontana	San Bernardino	June 25, 1952	196,069
Fort Bragg	Mendocino	August 5, 1889	7,273
Fort Jones	Siskiyou	March 16, 1872	839
Fortuna	Humboldt	January 20, 1906	11,926
Foster City	San Mateo	April 27, 1971	30,567
Fountain Valley	Orange	June 13, 1957	55,313
Fowler	Fresno	June 15, 1908	5,570
Fremont	Alameda	January 23, 1956	214,089
Fresno †	Fresno	October 12, 1885	494,665
Fullerton	Orange	February 15, 1904	135,161
Galt	Sacramento	August 16, 1946	23,647
Garden Grove	Orange	June 18, 1956	170,883
Gardena	Los Angeles	September 11, 1930	58,829
Gilroy	Santa Clara	March 12, 1870	48,821
Glendale	Los Angeles	February 15, 1906	191,719
Glendora	Los Angeles	November 13, 1911	50,073
Goleta	Santa Barbara	February 1, 2002	29,888
Gonzales	Monterey	January 14, 1947	8,187
Grand Terrace	San Bernardino	November 30, 1978	12,040
Grass Valley	Nevada	March 13, 1893	12,860
Greenfield	Monterey	January 7, 1947	16,330
Gridley	Butte	November 23, 1905	6,584
Grover Beach	San Luis Obispo	December 21, 1959	13,156
Guadalupe	Santa Barbara	August 3, 1946	7,080
Gustine	Merced	November 11, 1915	5,520
Half Moon Bay	San Mateo	July 15, 1959	11,324
Hanford †	Kings	August 12, 1891	53,967
Hawaiian Gardens	Los Angeles	April 9, 1964	14,254
Hawthorne	Los Angeles	July 12, 1922	84,293
Hayward	Alameda	March 11, 1876	144,186
Healdsburg	Sonoma	February 20, 1867	11,254
Hemet	Riverside	January 20, 1910	78,657
Hercules	Contra Costa	December 15, 1900	24,060
Hermosa Beach	Los Angeles	January 14, 1907	19,506
Hesperia	San Bernardino	July 1, 1988	90,173
Hidden Hills	Los Angeles	October 19, 1961	1,856
Highland	San Bernardino	November 24, 1987	53,104
Hillsborough *	San Mateo	May 5, 1910	10,825
Hollister †	San Benito	March 26, 1872	34,928
Holtville	Imperial	July 1, 1908	5,939
Hughson	Stanislaus	December 9, 1972	6,640
Huntington Beach	Orange	February 17, 1909	189,992
Huntington Park	Los Angeles	September 1, 1906	58,114
Huron	Fresno	May 3, 1951	6,754
Imperial	Imperial	July 12, 1904	14,758
Imperial Beach	San Diego	July 18, 1956	26,324
Indian Wells	Riverside	July 14, 1967	4,958
Indio	Riverside	May 16, 1930	76,036
Industry	Los Angeles	June 18, 1957	219
Inglewood	Los Angeles	February 7, 1908	109,673
Ione	Amador	March 23, 1953	7,918
Irvine	Orange	December 28, 1971	212,375
Irwindale	Los Angeles	August 6, 1957	1,422
Isleton	Sacramento	May 14, 1923	804
Jackson †	Amador	December 5, 1905	4,651
Kerman	Fresno	July 2, 1946	13,544
King City	Monterey	February 9, 1911	12,874
Kingsburg	Fresno	May 29, 1908	11,382
La Cañada Flintridge	Los Angeles	November 30, 1976	20,246
La Habra	Orange	January 20, 1925	60,239
La Habra Heights	Los Angeles	December 4, 1978	5,325
La Mesa	San Diego	February 16, 1912	57,065
La Mirada	Los Angeles	March 23, 1960	48,527
La Palma	Orange	October 26, 1955	15,568
La Puente	Los Angeles	August 1, 1956	39,816
La Quinta	Riverside	May 1, 1982	37,467
La Verne	Los Angeles	August 20, 1906	31,063
Lafayette	Contra Costa	July 29, 1968	23,893
Laguna Beach	Orange	June 29, 1927	22,723
Laguna Hills	Orange	December 20, 1991	30,344
Laguna Niguel	Orange	December 1, 1989	62,979
Laguna Woods	Orange	March 24, 1999	16,192
Lake Elsinore	Riverside	April 9, 1888	51,821
Lake Forest	Orange	December 20, 1991	77,264
Lakeport †	Lake	April 30, 1888	4,753
Lakewood	Los Angeles	April 16, 1954	80,048
Lancaster	Los Angeles	November 22, 1977	156,633
Larkspur	Marin	March 1, 1908	11,926
Lathrop	San Joaquin	July 1, 1989	18,023
Lawndale	Los Angeles	December 28, 1959	32,769
Lemon Grove	San Diego	July 1, 1977	25,320
Lemoore	Kings	July 4, 1900	24,531
Lincoln	Placer	August 7, 1890	42,819
Lindsay	Tulare	February 28, 1910	11,768
Live Oak	Sutter	January 22, 1947	8,392
Livermore	Alameda	April 1, 1876	80,968
Livingston	Merced	September 11, 1922	13,058
Lodi	San Joaquin	December 6, 1906	62,134
Loma Linda	San Bernardino	September 29, 1970	23,261
Lomita	Los Angeles	June 30, 1964	20,256
Lompoc	Santa Barbara	August 13, 1888	42,434
Long Beach	Los Angeles	December 13, 1897	462,257
Loomis *	Placer	December 17, 1984	6,430
Los Alamitos	Orange	March 1, 1960	11,449
Los Altos	Santa Clara	December 1, 1952	28,976
Los Altos Hills *	Santa Clara	January 27, 1956	7,922
Los Angeles †	Los Angeles	April 4, 1850	3,792,621
Los Banos	Merced	May 8, 1907	35,972
Los Gatos *	Santa Clara	August 10, 1887	29,413
Loyalton	Sierra	August 21, 1901	769
Lynwood	Los Angeles	July 21, 1921	69,772
Madera †	Madera	March 27, 1907	61,416
Malibu	Los Angeles	March 28, 1991	12,645
Mammoth Lakes *	Mono	August 20, 1984	8,234
Manhattan Beach	Los Angeles	December 12, 1912	35,135
Manteca	San Joaquin	June 5, 1918	67,096
Maricopa	Kern	July 25, 1911	1,154
Marina	Monterey	November 13, 1975	19,718
Martinez †	Contra Costa	April 1, 1876	35,824
Marysville †	Yuba	February 5, 1851	12,072
Maywood	Los Angeles	September 2, 1924	27,395
McFarland	Kern	July 18, 1957	12,707
Mendota	Fresno	June 17, 1942	11,014
Menifee	Riverside	October 1, 2008	77,519
Menlo Park	San Mateo	November 23, 1927	32,026
Merced †	Merced	April 1, 1889	78,958
Mill Valley	Marin	September 1, 1900	13,903
Millbrae	San Mateo	January 14, 1948	21,532
Milpitas	Santa Clara	January 26, 1954	66,790
Mission Viejo	Orange	March 31, 1988	93,305
Modesto †	Stanislaus	August 6, 1884	201,165
Monrovia	Los Angeles	December 15, 1887	36,590
Montague	Siskiyou	January 28, 1909	1,443
Montclair	San Bernardino	April 25, 1956	36,664
Monte Sereno	Santa Clara	May 14, 1957	3,341
Montebello	Los Angeles	October 16, 1920	62,500
Monterey	Monterey	June 14, 1890	27,810
Monterey Park	Los Angeles	May 29, 1916	60,269
Moorpark	Ventura	July 1, 1983	34,421
Moraga *	Contra Costa	November 13, 1974	16,016
Moreno Valley	Riverside	December 3, 1984	193,365
Morgan Hill	Santa Clara	November 10, 1906	37,882
Morro Bay	San Luis Obispo	July 17, 1964	10,234
Mount Shasta	Siskiyou	May 31, 1905	3,394
Mountain View	Santa Clara	November 7, 1902	74,066
Murrieta	Riverside	July 1, 1991	103,466
Napa †	Napa	March 23, 1872	76,915
National City	San Diego	September 17, 1887	58,582
Needles	San Bernardino	October 30, 1913	4,844
Nevada City †	Nevada	April 19, 1856	3,068
Newark	Alameda	September 22, 1955	42,573
Newman	Stanislaus	June 10, 1908	10,224
Newport Beach	Orange	September 1, 1906	85,186
Norco	Riverside	December 28, 1964	27,063
Norwalk	Los Angeles	August 26, 1957	105,549
Novato	Marin	January 20, 1960	51,904
Oakdale	Stanislaus	November 24, 1906	20,675
Oakland †	Alameda	May 4, 1852	390,724
Oakley	Contra Costa	July 1, 1999	35,432
Oceanside	San Diego	July 3, 1888	167,086
Ojai	Ventura	August 5, 1921	7,461
Ontario	San Bernardino	December 10, 1891	163,924
Orange	Orange	April 6, 1888	134,616
Orange Cove	Fresno	January 20, 1948	9,078
Orinda	Contra Costa	July 1, 1985	17,643
Orland	Glenn	November 11, 1909	7,291
Oroville †	Butte	January 3, 1906	15,546
Oxnard	Ventura	June 30, 1903	197,899
Pacific Grove	Monterey	July 5, 1889	15,041
Pacifica	San Mateo	November 22, 1957	37,234
Palm Desert	Riverside	November 26, 1973	48,445
Palm Springs	Riverside	April 20, 1938	44,552
Palmdale	Los Angeles	August 24, 1962	152,750
Palo Alto	Santa Clara	April 23, 1894	64,403
Palos Verdes Estates	Los Angeles	December 20, 1939	13,438
Paradise *	Butte	November 27, 1979	26,218
Paramount	Los Angeles	January 30, 1957	54,098
Parlier	Fresno	November 15, 1921	14,494
Pasadena	Los Angeles	June 19, 1886	137,122
Paso Robles	San Luis Obispo	March 11, 1889	29,793
Patterson	Stanislaus	December 22, 1919	20,413
Perris	Riverside	May 26, 1911	68,386
Petaluma	Sonoma	April 12, 1858	57,941
Pico Rivera	Los Angeles	January 29, 1958	62,942
Piedmont	Alameda	January 31, 1907	10,667
Pinole	Contra Costa	June 25, 1903	18,390
Pismo Beach	San Luis Obispo	April 25, 1946	7,655
Pittsburg	Contra Costa	June 25, 1903	63,264
Placentia	Orange	December 2, 1926	50,533
Placerville †	El Dorado	May 13, 1854	10,389
Pleasant Hill	Contra Costa	November 14, 1961	33,152
Pleasanton	Alameda	June 18, 1894	70,285
Plymouth	Amador	February 8, 1917	1,005
Point Arena	Mendocino	July 11, 1908	449
Pomona	Los Angeles	January 6, 1888	149,058
Port Hueneme	Ventura	March 24, 1948	21,723
Porterville	Tulare	May 7, 1902	54,165
Portola	Plumas	May 16, 1946	2,104
Portola Valley *	San Mateo	July 14, 1964	4,353
Poway	San Diego	December 1, 1980	47,811
Rancho Cordova	Sacramento	July 1, 2003	64,776
Rancho Cucamonga	San Bernardino	November 30, 1977	165,269
Rancho Mirage	Riverside	August 3, 1973	17,218
Rancho Palos Verdes	Los Angeles	September 7, 1973	41,643
Rancho Santa Margarita	Orange	January 1, 2000	47,853
Red Bluff †	Tehama	March 31, 1876	14,076
Redding †	Shasta	October 4, 1887	89,861
Redlands	San Bernardino	December 3, 1888	68,747
Redondo Beach	Los Angeles	April 29, 1892	66,748
Redwood City †	San Mateo	May 11, 1867	76,815
Reedley	Fresno	February 18, 1913	24,194
Rialto	San Bernardino	November 17, 1911	99,171
Richmond	Contra Costa	August 7, 1905	103,701
Ridgecrest	Kern	November 29, 1963	27,616
Rio Dell	Humboldt	February 23, 1965	3,368
Rio Vista	Solano	January 6, 1894	7,360
Ripon	San Joaquin	November 27, 1945	14,297
Riverbank	Stanislaus	August 23, 1922	22,678
Riverside †	Riverside	October 11, 1883	303,871
Rocklin	Placer	February 24, 1893	56,974
Rohnert Park	Sonoma	August 28, 1962	40,971
Rolling Hills	Los Angeles	January 24, 1957	1,860
Rolling Hills Estates	Los Angeles	September 18, 1957	8,067
Rosemead	Los Angeles	August 4, 1959	53,764
Roseville	Placer	April 10, 1909	118,788
Ross *	Marin	August 21, 1908	2,415
Sacramento ††	Sacramento	February 27, 1850	466,488
Salinas †	Monterey	March 4, 1874	150,441
San Anselmo *	Marin	April 9, 1907	12,336
San Bernardino †	San Bernardino	August 10, 1869	209,924
San Bruno	San Mateo	December 23, 1914	41,114
San Carlos	San Mateo	July 8, 1925	28,406
San Clemente	Orange	February 28, 1928	63,522
San Diego †	San Diego	March 27, 1850	1,307,402
San Dimas	Los Angeles	August 4, 1960	33,371
San Fernando	Los Angeles	August 31, 1911	23,645
San Francisco †	San Francisco	April 16, 1850	805,235
San Gabriel	Los Angeles	April 24, 1913	39,718
San Jacinto	Riverside	April 20, 1888	44,199
San Joaquin	Fresno	February 14, 1920	4,001
San Jose †	Santa Clara	March 27, 1850	945,942
San Juan Bautista	San Benito	May 4, 1896	1,862
San Juan Capistrano	Orange	April 19, 1961	34,593
San Leandro	Alameda	March 21, 1872	84,950
San Luis Obispo †	San Luis Obispo	February 16, 1856	45,119
San Marcos	San Diego	January 28, 1963	83,781
San Marino	Los Angeles	April 25, 1913	13,147
San Mateo	San Mateo	September 4, 1894	97,207
San Pablo	Contra Costa	April 27, 1948	29,139
San Rafael †	Marin	February 18, 1874	57,713
San Ramon	Contra Costa	July 1, 1983	72,148
Sand City	Monterey	May 31, 1960	334
Sanger	Fresno	May 9, 1911	24,270
Santa Ana †	Orange	June 1, 1886	324,528
Santa Barbara †	Santa Barbara	April 9, 1850	88,410
Santa Clara	Santa Clara	July 5, 1852	116,468
Santa Clarita	Los Angeles	December 15, 1987	176,320
Santa Cruz †	Santa Cruz	March 31, 1866	59,946
Santa Fe Springs	Los Angeles	May 15, 1957	16,223
Santa Maria	Santa Barbara	September 12, 1905	99,553
Santa Monica	Los Angeles	November 30, 1886	89,736
Santa Paula	Ventura	April 22, 1902	29,321
Santa Rosa †	Sonoma	March 26, 1868	167,815
Santee	San Diego	December 1, 1980	53,413
Saratoga	Santa Clara	October 22, 1956	29,926
Sausalito	Marin	September 4, 1893	7,061
Scotts Valley	Santa Cruz	August 2, 1966	11,580
Seal Beach	Orange	October 27, 1915	24,168
Seaside	Monterey	October 13, 1954	33,025
Sebastopol	Sonoma	June 13, 1902	7,379
Selma	Fresno	March 15, 1893	23,219
Shafter	Kern	January 20, 1938	16,988
Shasta Lake	Shasta	July 2, 1993	10,164
Sierra Madre	Los Angeles	February 2, 1907	10,917
Signal Hill	Los Angeles	April 22, 1924	11,016
Simi Valley	Ventura	October 10, 1969	124,237
Solana Beach	San Diego	July 1, 1986	12,867
Soledad	Monterey	March 9, 1921	25,738
Solvang	Santa Barbara	May 1, 1985	5,245
Sonoma	Sonoma	September 3, 1883	10,648
Sonora †	Tuolumne	May 1, 1851	4,903
South El Monte	Los Angeles	July 30, 1958	20,116
South Gate	Los Angeles	January 20, 1923	94,396
South Lake Tahoe	El Dorado	November 30, 1965	21,403
South Pasadena	Los Angeles	March 2, 1888	25,619
South San Francisco	San Mateo	September 19, 1908	63,632
St. Helena	Napa	March 24, 1876	5,814
Stanton	Orange	June 4, 1956	38,186
Stockton †	San Joaquin	July 23, 1850	291,707
Suisun City	Solano	October 9, 1868	28,111
Sunnyvale	Santa Clara	December 24, 1912	140,081
Susanville †	Lassen	August 24, 1900	17,947
Sutter Creek	Amador	February 11, 1913	2,501
Taft	Kern	November 7, 1910	9,327
Tehachapi	Kern	August 13, 1909	14,414
Tehama	Tehama	July 5, 1906	418
Temecula	Riverside	December 1, 1989	100,097
Temple City	Los Angeles	May 25, 1960	35,558
Thousand Oaks	Ventura	October 7, 1964	126,683
Tiburon *	Marin	June 23, 1964	8,962
Torrance	Los Angeles	May 12, 1921	145,438
Tracy	San Joaquin	July 22, 1910	82,922
Trinidad	Humboldt	November 7, 1870	367
Truckee *	Nevada	March 23, 1993	16,180
Tulare	Tulare	April 5, 1888	59,278
Tulelake	Siskiyou	March 1, 1937	1,010
Turlock	Stanislaus	February 15, 1908	68,549
Tustin	Orange	September 21, 1927	75,540
Twentynine Palms	San Bernardino	November 23, 1987	25,048
Ukiah †	Mendocino	March 8, 1876	16,075
Union City	Alameda	January 26, 1959	69,516
Upland	San Bernardino	May 15, 1906	73,732
Vacaville	Solano	August 9, 1892	92,428
Vallejo	Solano	March 30, 1868	115,942
Ventura †	Ventura	April 2, 1866	106,433
Vernon	Los Angeles	September 22, 1905	112
Victorville	San Bernardino	September 21, 1962	115,903
Villa Park	Orange	January 11, 1962	5,812
Visalia †	Tulare	February 27, 1874	124,442
Vista	San Diego	January 28, 1963	93,834
Walnut	Los Angeles	January 19, 1959	29,172
Walnut Creek	Contra Costa	October 21, 1914	64,173
Wasco	Kern	December 22, 1945	25,545
Waterford	Stanislaus	November 7, 1969	8,456
Watsonville	Santa Cruz	March 30, 1868	51,199
Weed	Siskiyou	January 25, 1961	2,967
West Covina	Los Angeles	February 17, 1923	106,098
West Hollywood	Los Angeles	November 29, 1984	34,399
West Sacramento	Yolo	January 1, 1987	48,744
Westlake Village	Los Angeles	December 11, 1981	8,270
Westminster	Orange	March 27, 1957	89,701
Westmorland	Imperial	June 30, 1934	2,225
Wheatland	Yuba	April 23, 1874	3,456
Whittier	Los Angeles	February 25, 1898	85,331
Wildomar	Riverside	July 1, 2008	32,176
Williams	Colusa	May 17, 1920	5,123
Willits	Mendocino	November 19, 1888	4,888
Willows †	Glenn	January 16, 1886	6,166
Windsor *	Sonoma	July 1, 1992	26,801
Winters	Yolo	February 9, 1898	6,624
Woodlake	Tulare	September 23, 1941	7,279
Woodland †	Yolo	February 22, 1871	55,468
Woodside *	San Mateo	November 16, 1956	5,287
Yorba Linda	Orange	November 2, 1967	64,234
Yountville *	Napa	February 4, 1965	2,933
Yreka †	Siskiyou	April 21, 1857	7,765
Yuba City †	Sutter	January 23, 1908	64,925
Yucaipa	San Bernardino	November 27, 1989	51,367
Yucca Valley *	San Bernardino	November 27, 1991	20,700

[edit] Former municipalities

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Name	County	Incorporated	Disincorporated
Alviso	Santa Clara	March 4, 1852	March 12, 1968 (annexed by San Jose)
Annandale	Los Angeles	unknown	1930 (annexed by Los Angeles)
Bairdstown	Los Angeles	1905	1915 (annexed by Los Angeles)
Bayshore City	San Mateo	unknown	1965 (annexed by Daly City)
Brooklyn	Alameda	1870	1872 (annexed by Oakland)
Cabazon	Riverside	1955	1972 (formally disincorporated)
Eagle Rock	Los Angeles	1911	1923 (annexed by Los Angeles)
Hyde Park	Los Angeles	1922	May 17, 1923 (annexed by Los Angeles)
Highland Park	Los Angeles	unknown	1895 (annexed by Los Angeles)
Hollywood	Los Angeles	November 14, 1893	1910 (annexed by Los Angeles)
North Sacramento	Sacramento	1924	1964 (annexed by Sacramento)
San Pedro	Los Angeles	unknown	1909 (annexed by Los Angeles)
Sawtelle	Los Angeles	1899	1922 (annexed by Los Angeles)
Venice	Los Angeles	July 4, 1905	1925 (annexed by Los Angeles)
Watts	Los Angeles	1907	1926 (annexed by Los Angeles)
Willow Glen	Santa Clara	1927	1936 (annexed by San Jose)
Wilmington	Los Angeles	1863	1909 (annexed by Los Angeles)

[edit] References

1. ^ Moore, Steve (2004-06-04). "Some Cabazon residents want city". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
2. ^ ^{a b} US Census Data
3. ^ "League of California Cities: Incorporation Dates of California Cities". Retrieved November 24, 2010.

• cacities.org list of 478 cities with population, updated October 3 As of 2003.

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