Place:El Cerrito, Contra Costa, California, United States

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NameEl Cerrito
TypeCity
Coordinates37.918°N 122.305°W
Located inContra Costa, California, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Sunset View Cemetery ( 1908 - )
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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 2000, there were 23,171 people, 10,208 households and 5,971 families in the city.

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