LIST OF CITIES IN CALIFORNIA

There are 478 incorporated cities in California, 22 of which are styled "Town of (Name)" instead of "City of (Name)." They are arranged in alphabetical order, with the "towns" marked '
★ '. Under California law (see, e.g., Government Code Sections 34500-34504) the terms "city" and "town" are explicitly interchangeable. The term "township" is obsolete, and the terms "village" and "borough" have never been used.
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Contents

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

See also

External references

A

City	County	Incorporated
Adelanto	San Bernardino	December 22 1970
Agoura Hills	Los Angeles	December 8 1982
Alameda	Alameda	April 19 1854
Albany	Alameda	September 22 1908
Alhambra	Los Angeles	July 11 1903
Aliso Viejo	Orange	July 1 2001
Alturas	Modoc	September 16 1901
Amador City	Amador	June 2 1915
American Canyon	Napa	January 1 1992
Anaheim	Orange	March 18 1876
Anderson	Shasta	January 16 1956
Angels Camp	Calaveras	January 24 1912
Antioch	Contra Costa	February 6 1872
Apple Valley ★	San Bernardino	November 28 1988
Arcadia	Los Angeles	August 5 1903
Arcata	Humboldt	February 2 1858
Arroyo Grande	San Luis Obispo	July 10 1911
Artesia	Los Angeles	May 29 1959
Arvin	Kern	December 21 1960
Atascadero	San Luis Obispo	July 2 1979
Atherton ★	San Mateo	September 12 1923
Atwater	Merced	August 16 1922
Auburn	Placer	May 2 1888
Avalon	Los Angeles	June 26 1913
Avenal	Kings	September 11 1979
Azusa	Los Angeles	December 29 1898

B

City	County	Incorporated
Bakersfield	Kern	January 11 1898
Baldwin Park	Los Angeles	January 25 1956
Banning	Riverside	February 6 1913
Barstow	San Bernardino	September 30 1947
Beaumont	Riverside	November 18 1912
Bell	Los Angeles	November 7 1927
Bell Gardens	Los Angeles	August 1 1961
Bellflower	Los Angeles	September 3 1957
Belmont	San Mateo	October 29 1926
Belvedere	Marin	December 24 1896
Benicia	Solano	March 27 1850
Berkeley	Alameda	April 4 1878
Beverly Hills	Los Angeles	January 28 1914
Big Bear Lake	San Bernardino	November 28 1980
Biggs	Butte	June 26 1903
Bishop	Inyo	May 6 1903
Blue Lake	Humboldt	April 23 1910
Blythe	Riverside	July 21 1916
Bradbury	Los Angeles	July 26 1957
Brawley	Imperial	April 6 1908
Brea	Orange	February 23 1917
Brentwood	Contra Costa	January 21 1948
Brisbane	San Mateo	November 27 1961
Buellton	Santa Barbara	February 1 1992
Buena Park	Orange	January 27 1953
Burbank	Los Angeles	July 8 1911
Burlingame	San Mateo	June 6 1908

C

City	County	Incorporated
Calabasas	Los Angeles	April 5 1991
Calexico	Imperial	April 16 1908
California City	Kern	December 10 1965
Calimesa	Riverside	December 1 1990
Calipatria	Imperial	February 28 1919
Calistoga	Napa	January 6 1886
Camarillo	Ventura	October 22 1964
Canyon Lake	Riverside	December 1 1990
Capitola	Santa Cruz	January 11 1949
Carlsbad	San Diego	July 16 1952
Carmel-by-the-Sea	Monterey	October 31 1916
Carpinteria	Santa Barbara	September 28 1965
Carson	Los Angeles	February 20 1968
Cathedral City	Riverside	November 16 1981
Ceres	Stanislaus	February 25 1918
Cerritos	Los Angeles	April 24 1956
Chico	Butte	January 8 1872
Chino	San Bernardino	February 28 1910
Chino Hills	San Bernardino	December 1 1991
Chowchilla	Madera	February 7 1923
Chula Vista	San Diego	November 28 1911
Citrus Heights	Sacramento	January 1 1997
Claremont	Los Angeles	October 3 1907
Clayton	Contra Costa	March 18 1964
Clearlake	Lake	November 14 1980
Cloverdale	Sonoma	February 28 1872
Clovis	Fresno	February 27 1912
Coachella	Riverside	December 13 1946
Coalinga	Fresno	April 3 1906
Colfax	Placer	February 23 1910
Colma ★	San Mateo	August 5 1924
Colton	San Bernardino	July 11 1887
Colusa	Colusa	June 16 1868
City of Commerce	Los Angeles	January 28 1960
Compton	Los Angeles	May 11 1888
Concord	Contra Costa	February 9 1905
Corcoran	Kings	August 11 1914
Corning	Tehama	August 6 1907
Corona	Riverside	July 13 1896
Coronado	San Diego	December 11 1890
Corte Madera ★	Marin	June 10 1916
Costa Mesa	Orange	June 29 1953
Cotati	Sonoma	July 16 1963
Covina	Los Angeles	August 14 1901
Crescent City	Del Norte	April 13 1854
Cudahy	Los Angeles	November 10 1960
Culver City	Los Angeles	September 7 1917
Cupertino	Santa Clara	October 10 1955
Cypress	Orange	July 24 1956

D

City	County	Incorporated
Daly City	San Mateo	March 22 1911
Dana Point	Orange	January 1 1989
Danville ★	Contra Costa	July 1 1982
Davis	Yolo	March 28 1917
Del Mar	San Diego	July 15 1959
Del Rey Oaks	Monterey	September 3 1953
Delano	Kern	April 13 1915
Desert Hot Springs	Riverside	September 25 1963
Diamond Bar	Los Angeles	April 18 1989
Dinuba	Tulare	January 6 1906
Dixon	Solano	March 30 1878
Dorris	Siskiyou	December 23 1908
Dos Palos	Merced	May 24 1935
Downey	Los Angeles	December 17 1956
Duarte	Los Angeles	August 22 1957
Dublin	Alameda	February 1 1982
Dunsmuir	Siskiyou	August 7 1909

E

City	County	Incorporated
East Palo Alto	San Mateo	July 1 1983
El Cajon	San Diego	November 12 1912
El Centro	Imperial	April 16 1908
El Cerrito	Contra Costa	August 23 1917
El Monte	Los Angeles	November 18 1912
El Segundo	Los Angeles	January 18 1917
Elk Grove	Sacramento	July 1 2000
Emeryville	Alameda	December 8 1896
Encinitas	San Diego	October 1 1986
Escalon	San Joaquin	March 12 1957
Escondido	San Diego	October 8 1888
Etna	Siskiyou	March 13 1878
Eureka	Humboldt	April 18 1856
Exeter	Tulare	March 2 1911

F

City	County	Incorporated
Fairfax ★	Marin	March 2 1931
Fairfield	Solano	December 12 1903
Farmersville	Tulare	October 5 1960
Ferndale	Humboldt	August 28 1893
Fillmore	Ventura	July 10 1914
Firebaugh	Fresno	September 17 1914
Folsom	Sacramento	April 20 1946
Fontana	San Bernardino	June 25 1952
Fort Bragg	Mendocino	August 5 1889
Fort Jones	Siskiyou	March 16 1872
Fortuna	Humboldt	January 20 1906
Foster City	San Mateo	April 27 1971
Fountain Valley	Orange	June 13 1957
Fowler	Fresno	June 15 1908
Fremont	Alameda	January 23 1956
Fresno	Fresno	October 12 1885
Fullerton	Orange	February 15 1904

G

City	County	Incorporated
Galt	Sacramento	August 16 1946
Garden Grove	Orange	June 18 1956
Gardena	Los Angeles	September 11 1930
Gilroy	Santa Clara	March 12 1870
Glendale	Los Angeles	February 15 1906
Glendora	Los Angeles	November 13 1911
Goleta	Santa Barbara	February 1 2002
Gonzales	Monterey	January 14 1947
Grand Terrace	San Bernardino	November 30 1978
Grass Valley	Nevada	March 13 1893
Greenfield	Monterey	January 7 1947
Gridley	Butte	November 23 1905
Grover Beach	San Luis Obispo	December 21 1959
Guadalupe	Santa Barbara	August 3 1946
Gustine	Merced	November 11 1915

H

City	County	Incorporated
Half Moon Bay	San Mateo	July 15 1959
Hanford	Kings	August 12 1891
Hawaiian Gardens	Los Angeles	April 9 1964
Hawthorne	Los Angeles	July 12 1922
Hayward	Alameda	March 11 1876
Healdsburg	Sonoma	February 20 1867
Hemet	Riverside	January 20 1910
Hercules	Contra Costa	December 15 1900
Hermosa Beach	Los Angeles	January 14 1907
Hesperia	San Bernardino	July 1 1988
Hidden Hills	Los Angeles	October 19 1961
Highland	San Bernardino	November 24 1987
Hillsborough ★	San Mateo	May 5 1910
Hollister	San Benito	March 26 1872
Holtville	Imperial	July 1 1908
Hughson	Stanislaus	December 9 1972
Huntington Beach	Orange	February 17 1909
Huntington Park	Los Angeles	September 1 1906
Huron	Fresno	May 3 1951

I

City	County	Incorporated
Imperial	Imperial	July 12 1904
Imperial Beach	San Diego	July 18 1956
Indian Wells	Riverside	July 14 1967
Indio	Riverside	May 16 1930
City of Industry	Los Angeles	June 18 1957
Inglewood	Los Angeles	February 7 1908
Ione	Amador	March 23 1953
Irvine	Orange	December 28 1971
Irwindale	Los Angeles	August 6 1957
Isleton	Sacramento	May 14 1923

J

City	County	Incorporated
Jackson	Amador	December 5 1905

K

City	County	Incorporated
Kerman	Fresno	July 2 1946
King City	Monterey	February 9 1911
Kingsburg	Fresno	May 29 1908

L

City	County	Incorporated
La Cañada Flintridge	Los Angeles	November 30 1976
La Habra	Orange	January 20 1925
La Habra Heights	Los Angeles	December 4 1978
La Mesa	San Diego	February 16 1912
La Mirada	Los Angeles	March 23 1960
La Palma	Orange	October 26 1955
La Puente	Los Angeles	August 1 1956
La Quinta	Riverside	May 1 1982
La Verne	Los Angeles	August 20 1906
Lafayette	Contra Costa	July 29 1968
Laguna Beach	Orange	June 29 1927
Laguna Hills	Orange	December 20 1991
Laguna Niguel	Orange	December 1 1989
Laguna Woods	Orange	March 24 1999
Lake Elsinore	Riverside	April 9 1888
Lake Forest	Orange	December 20 1991
Lakeport	Lake	April 30 1888
Lakewood	Los Angeles	April 16 1954
Lancaster	Los Angeles	November 22 1977
Larkspur	Marin	March 1 1908
Lathrop	San Joaquin	July 1 1989
Lawndale	Los Angeles	December 28 1959
Lemon Grove	San Diego	July 1 1977
Lemoore	Kings	July 4 1900
Lincoln	Placer	August 7 1890
Lindsay	Tulare	February 28 1910
Live Oak	Sutter	January 22 1947
Livermore	Alameda	April 1 1876
Livingston	Merced	September 11 1922
Lodi	San Joaquin	December 6 1906
Loma Linda	San Bernardino	September 29 1970
Lomita	Los Angeles	June 30 1964
Lompoc	Santa Barbara	August 13 1888
Long Beach	Los Angeles	December 13 1897
Loomis ★	Placer	December 17 1984
Los Alamitos	Orange	March 1 1960
Los Altos	Santa Clara	December 1 1952
Los Altos Hills ★	Santa Clara	January 27 1956
Los Angeles	Los Angeles	April 4 1850
Los Banos	Merced	May 8 1907
Los Gatos ★	Santa Clara	August 10 1887
Loyalton	Sierra	August 21 1901
Lynwood	Los Angeles	July 21 1921

M

City	County	Incorporated
Madera	Madera	March 27 1907
Malibu	Los Angeles	March 28 1991
Mammoth Lakes ★	Mono	August 20 1984
Manhattan Beach	Los Angeles	December 12 1912
Manteca	San Joaquin	June 5 1918
Maricopa	Kern	July 25 1911
Marina	Monterey	November 13 1975
Martinez	Contra Costa	April 1 1876
Marysville	Yuba	February 5 1851
Maywood	Los Angeles	September 2 1924
McFarland	Kern	July 18 1957
Mendota	Fresno	June 17 1942
Menlo Park	San Mateo	November 23 1927
Menifee	Riverside	November 23 1927
Merced	Merced	April 1 1889
Mill Valley	Marin	September 1 1900
Millbrae	San Mateo	January 14 1948
Milpitas	Santa Clara	January 26 1954
Mission Viejo	Orange	March 31 1988
Modesto	Stanislaus	August 6 1884
Monrovia	Los Angeles	December 15 1887
Montague	Siskiyou	January 28 1909
Montclair	San Bernardino	April 25 1956
Monte Sereno	Santa Clara	May 14 1957
Montebello	Los Angeles	October 16 1920
Monterey	Monterey	June 14 1890
Monterey Park	Los Angeles	May 29 1916
Moorpark	Ventura	July 1 1983
Moraga ★	Contra Costa	November 13 1974
Moreno Valley	Riverside	December 3 1984
Morgan Hill	Santa Clara	November 10 1906
Morro Bay	San Luis Obispo	July 17 1964
Mount Shasta	Siskiyou	May 31 1905
Mountain View	Santa Clara	November 7 1902
Murrieta	Riverside	July 1 1991

N

City	County	Incorporated
Napa	Napa	March 23 1872
National City	San Diego	September 17 1887
Needles	San Bernardino	October 30 1913
Nevada City	Nevada	April 19 1856
Newark	Alameda	September 22 1955
Newman	Stanislaus	June 10 1908
Newport Beach	Orange	September 1 1906
Norco	Riverside	December 28 1964
Norwalk	Los Angeles	August 26 1957
Novato	Marin	January 20 1960

O

City	County	Incorporated
Oakdale	Stanislaus	November 24 1906
Oakland	Alameda	May 4 1852
Oakley	Contra Costa	July 1 1999
Oceanside	San Diego	July 3 1888
Ojai	Ventura	August 5 1921
Ontario	San Bernardino	December 10 1891
Orange	Orange	April 6 1888
Orange Cove	Fresno	January 20 1948
Orinda	Contra Costa	July 1 1985
Orland	Glenn	November 11 1909
Oroville	Butte	January 3 1906
Oxnard	Ventura	June 30 1903

P

City	County	Incorporated
Pacific Grove	Monterey	July 5 1889
Pacifica	San Mateo	November 22 1957
Palm Desert	Riverside	November 26 1973
Palm Springs	Riverside	April 20 1938
Palmdale	Los Angeles	August 24 1962
Palo Alto	Santa Clara	April 23 1894
Palos Verdes Estates	Los Angeles	December 20 1939
Paradise ★	Butte	November 27 1979
Paramount	Los Angeles	January 30 1957
Parlier	Fresno	November 15 1921
Pasadena	Los Angeles	June 19 1886
Paso Robles	San Luis Obispo	March 11 1889
Patterson	Stanislaus	December 22 1919
Perris	Riverside	May 26 1911
Petaluma	Sonoma	April 12 1858
Pico Rivera	Los Angeles	January 29 1958
Piedmont	Alameda	January 31 1907
Pinole	Contra Costa	June 25 1903
Pismo Beach	San Luis Obispo	April 25 1946
Pittsburg	Contra Costa	June 25 1903
Placentia	Orange	December 2 1926
Placerville	El Dorado	May 13 1854
Pleasant Hill	Contra Costa	November 14 1961
Pleasanton	Alameda	June 18 1894
Plymouth	Amador	February 8 1917
Point Arena	Mendocino	July 11 1908
Pomona	Los Angeles	January 6 1888
Port Hueneme	Ventura	March 24 1948
Porterville	Tulare	May 7 1902
Portola	Plumas	May 16 1946
Portola Valley ★	San Mateo	July 14 1964
Poway	San Diego	December 1 1980

R

City	County	Incorporated
Rancho Cordova	Sacramento	July 1 2003
Rancho Cucamonga	San Bernardino	November 30 1977
Rancho Mirage	Riverside	August 3 1973
Rancho Palos Verdes	Los Angeles	September 7 1973
Rancho Santa Margarita	Orange	January 1 2000
Red Bluff	Tehama	March 31 1876
Redding	Shasta	October 4 1887
Redlands	San Bernardino	December 3 1888
Redondo Beach	Los Angeles	April 29 1892
Redwood City	San Mateo	May 11 1867
Reedley	Fresno	February 18 1913
Rialto	San Bernardino	November 17 1911
Richmond	Contra Costa	August 7 1905
Ridgecrest	Kern	November 29 1963
Rio Dell	Humboldt	February 23 1965
Rio Vista	Solano	January 6 1894
Ripon	San Joaquin	November 27 1945
Riverbank	Stanislaus	August 23 1922
Riverside	Riverside	October 11 1883
Rocklin	Placer	February 24 1893
Rohnert Park	Sonoma	August 28 1962
Rolling Hills	Los Angeles	January 24 1957
Rolling Hills Estates	Los Angeles	September 18 1957
Rosemead	Los Angeles	August 4 1959
Roseville	Placer	April 10 1909
Ross ★	Marin	August 21 1908

S

City	County	Incorporated
Sacramento	Sacramento	February 27 1850
Salinas	Monterey	March 4 1874
San Anselmo ★	Marin	April 9 1907
San Bernardino	San Bernardino	August 10 1869
San Bruno	San Mateo	December 23 1914
San Carlos	San Mateo	July 8 1925
San Clemente	Orange	February 28 1928
San Diego	San Diego	March 27 1850
San Dimas	Los Angeles	August 4 1960
San Fernando	Los Angeles	August 31 1911
San Francisco	San Francisco	April 15 1850
San Gabriel	Los Angeles	April 24 1913
San Jacinto	Riverside	April 20 1888
San Joaquin	Fresno	February 14 1920
San Jose	Santa Clara	March 27 1850
San Juan Bautista	San Benito	May 4 1896
San Juan Capistrano	Orange	April 19 1961
San Leandro	Alameda	March 21 1872
San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	February 16 1856
San Marcos	San Diego	January 28 1963
San Marino	Los Angeles	April 25 1913
San Mateo	San Mateo	September 4 1894
San Pablo	Contra Costa	April 27 1948
San Rafael	Marin	February 18 1874
San Ramon	Contra Costa	July 1 1983
Sand City	Monterey	May 31 1960
Sanger	Fresno	May 9 1911
Santa Ana	Orange	June 1 1886
Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	April 9 1850
Santa Clara	Santa Clara	July 5 1852
Santa Clarita	Los Angeles	December 15 1987
Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	March 31 1866
Santa Fe Springs	Los Angeles	May 15 1957
Santa Maria	Santa Barbara	September 12 1905
Santa Monica	Los Angeles	November 30 1886
Santa Paula	Ventura	April 22 1902
Santa Rosa	Sonoma	March 26 1868
Santee	San Diego	December 1 1980
Saratoga	Santa Clara	October 22 1956
Sausalito	Marin	September 4 1893
Scotts Valley	Santa Cruz	August 2 1966
Seal Beach	Orange	October 27 1915
Seaside	Monterey	October 13 1954
Sebastopol	Sonoma	June 13 1902
Selma	Fresno	March 15 1893
Shafter	Kern	January 20 1938
Shasta Lake	Shasta	July 2 1993
Sierra Madre	Los Angeles	February 2 1907
Signal Hill	Los Angeles	April 22 1924
Simi Valley	Ventura	October 10 1969
Solana Beach	San Diego	July 1 1986
Soledad	Monterey	March 9 1921
Solvang	Santa Barbara	May 1 1985
Sonoma	Sonoma	September 3 1883
Sonora	Tuolumne	May 1 1851
South El Monte	Los Angeles	July 30 1958
South Gate	Los Angeles	January 20 1923
South Lake Tahoe	El Dorado	November 30 1965
South Pasadena	Los Angeles	March 2 1888
South San Francisco	San Mateo	September 19 1908
St. Helena	Napa	March 24 1876
Stanton	Orange	June 4 1956
Stockton	San Joaquin	July 23 1850
Studio City	Los Angeles	July 23 1850
Suisun City	Solano	October 9 1868
Sunnyvale	Santa Clara	December 24 1912
Susanville	Lassen	August 24 1900
Sutter Creek	Amador	February 11 1913

T

City	County	Incorporated
Taft	Kern	November 7 1910
Tehachapi	Kern	August 13 1909
Tehama	Tehama	July 5 1906
Temecula	Riverside	December 1 1989
Temple City	Los Angeles	May 25 1960
Thousand Oaks	Ventura	October 7 1964
Tiburon ★	Marin	June 23 1964
Torrance	Los Angeles	May 12 1921
Tracy	San Joaquin	July 22 1910
Trinidad	Humboldt	November 7 1870
Truckee ★	Nevada	March 23 1993
Tulare	Tulare	April 5 1888
Tulelake	Siskiyou	March 1 1937
Turlock	Stanislaus	February 15 1908
Tustin	Orange	September 21 1927
Twentynine Palms	San Bernardino	November 23 1987

U

City	County	Incorporated
Ukiah	Mendocino	March 8 1876
Union City	Alameda	January 26 1959
Upland	San Bernardino	May 15 1906

V

City	County	Incorporated
Vacaville	Solano	August 9 1892
Vallejo	Solano	March 30 1868
Ventura	Ventura	April 2 1866
Vernon	Los Angeles	September 22 1905
Victorville	San Bernardino	September 21 1962
Villa Park	Orange	January 11 1962
Visalia	Tulare	February 27 1874
Vista	San Diego	January 28 1963

W

City	County	Incorporated
Walnut	Los Angeles	January 19 1959
Walnut Creek	Contra Costa	October 21 1914
Wasco	Kern	December 22 1945
Waterford	Stanislaus	November 7 1969
Watsonville	Santa Cruz	March 30 1868
Weed	Siskiyou	January 25 1961
West Covina	Los Angeles	February 17 1923
West Sacramento	Yolo	January 1 1987
West Carson	Los Angeles	February 20, 1968
Westlake Village	Los Angeles	December 11 1981
Westminster	Orange	March 27 1957
Westmorland	Imperial	June 30 1934
Wheatland	Yuba	April 23 1874
Whittier	Los Angeles	February 25 1898
Williams	Colusa	May 17 1920
Willits	Mendocino	November 19 1888
Willows	Glenn	January 16 1886
Windsor ★	Sonoma	July 1 1992
Winters	Yolo	February 9 1898
Woodlake	Tulare	September 23 1941
Woodland	Yolo	February 22 1871
Woodside ★	San Mateo	November 16 1956

Y

City	County	Incorporated
Yorba Linda	Orange	November 2 1967
Yountville ★	Napa	February 4 1965
Yreka	Siskiyou	April 21 1857
Yuba City	Sutter	January 23 1908
Yucaipa	San Bernardino	November 27 1989
Yucca Valley ★	San Bernardino	November 27 1991

See also

★ List of cities, places, and neighborhoods in California

External references

★ cacities.org list of 478 cities with population, updated October 3 2003. A separate list on the same website gives the cities' incorporation dates.