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How San Francisco Got Its Name

Description:Spanish missionaries named the San Francisco Bay for Saint Francis Assisi in 1776. Located on the San Francisco Bay, the Mexican settlement of Yerba Buena was eventually claimed by the United States and renamed Francisca, before being officially ordained as San Francisco on January 30, 1847 in a rogue decision by the appointed Magistrate Washington Bartlett. (1:13)

Source: GeoBeats

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