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Dana Point, California
Dana Point is an Orange County, California city incorporated January 1, 1989, named for Richard Henry Dana Jr. Known for its 1971 harbor, whale watching, and first Whale Heritage Area in the Americas.
Danville, California
Danville, California: an incorporated town (1982) in Contra Costa County's San Ramon Valley, East Bay, population about 43,000. Known for historic downtown, San Ramon Valley schools, high incomes, and $1.68 million median home values.
Davis, California
Davis, California (formerly Davisville, incorporated 1917) is a Yolo County university city of about 67,000, home of UC Davis, with the nation's highest bicycle commuting share at 24.5%.
Del Mar, California
Del Mar is a small coastal city in San Diego County, California, incorporated 1959, population about 4,200 on 2.2 square miles. Founded 1885 by Jacob Taylor; home of the Del Mar Racetrack (1937) and Fairgrounds; known for $3.6 million typical home values, bluff erosion, and rail relocation plans.
Diamond Bar, California
Diamond Bar is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, incorporated in 1989 and named for the Diamond Bar cattle ranch brand registered in 1918. Population about 55,000; master-planned by Transamerica from 1956.
Downey, California
Downey, California: a Los Angeles County city of about 108,000 southeast of Los Angeles, incorporated 1956, former aerospace hub where Apollo and space shuttle craft were built, largest employer Kaiser Permanente.
Dublin, California
Dublin, California is a city in Alameda County in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area, incorporated in 1982 and home to 72,589 people at the 2020 census.
East Bay
The East Bay is the subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, covering Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
El Cajon, California
El Cajon, California: a city 15 miles east of San Diego in San Diego County, incorporated November 12, 1912, Charter City since 2012. Population about 102,000 (2025 estimate), 14.4 square miles, fifth largest of the county's 18 cities.
El Centro, California
El Centro is the county seat and largest city of Imperial County, California, located in the Imperial Valley near the Mexican border and incorporated in 1908.
El Cerrito, California
El Cerrito is a Contra Costa County, California city in the East Bay, incorporated August 20, 1917 from the town of Rust; population about 26,000, council-manager government, two BART stations.
El Monte, California
El Monte, California: San Gabriel Valley city about 12 miles east of downtown Los Angeles at the I-605/I-10 junction; incorporated 1912, population about 105,000-109,000, historically agricultural, now a diverse retail and transit hub.
El Segundo, California
El Segundo is a South Bay city in Los Angeles County, California, named for Standard Oil's second West Coast refinery (1911). Incorporated 1917; 2020 population 17,272; home to the Chevron refinery and aerospace offices near LAX.
Elk Grove, California
Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County, California, about 15 miles south of downtown Sacramento. Incorporated in 2000, it grew to 176,124 residents by the 2020 census.
Ellensburg, Washington
Ellensburg, county seat of Kittitas County in central Washington, sits near the state's geographic center and is home to Central Washington University and the Ellensburg Rodeo.
Emeryville, California
Emeryville, CA is a compact city in Alameda County on San Francisco Bay's east shore between Oakland and Berkeley, incorporated in 1896 and named for Joseph S. Emery.
Encinitas, California
Encinitas, California: coastal city in northern San Diego County incorporated in 1986 from Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Leucadia, Old and New Encinitas, and Olivenhain; about 60,700 residents, six miles of coastline, surfing, poinsettia-growing heritage, and beach nourishment projects.
Escondido, California
Escondido, California: a city of about 146,000 in northern San Diego County, incorporated October 8, 1888, named from Spanish for "hidden," governed under a council-manager system.
Eugene, Oregon
Eugene, Oregon: Willamette Valley city incorporated 1862, population about 178,600, home of the University of Oregon (1876) and TrackTown USA; major housing growth planning underway.
Eureka, California
Eureka, California: county seat of Humboldt County on Humboldt Bay, incorporated April 18, 1856; a Victorian Seaport and State Historical Landmark with about 25,000-26,500 residents and a redwood lumber and port heritage.
Everett, Washington
Everett, Washington: largest city in Snohomish County on Port Gardner Bay, founded 1890s by the Everett Land Company, a lumber mill town, now home to Boeing's Paine Field plant and the Port of Everett.
Fairfield, California
Fairfield, California: Solano County seat along I-80 between San Francisco and Sacramento. Population about 122,500 (2025 est.), home to Travis Air Force Base, the Jelly Belly factory, and Suisun Valley wine country.
Federal Way
Federal Way is a city in King County, Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma, incorporated February 28, 1990, population about 101,000, known for parks, cultural diversity, and Link light rail.
Firebaugh, California
Firebaugh is a small agricultural city in Fresno County, California, on the San Joaquin River about 43 miles west of Fresno, with a 2020 population of 8,096.
Folsom, California
Folsom is a city in Sacramento County, California, about 25 miles northeast of Sacramento on the American River, known for Folsom State Prison and its 1895 Powerhouse.
Fontana, California
Fontana, California: a San Bernardino County city about 50 miles east of Los Angeles, founded 1913, incorporated 1952, shaped by Kaiser Steel (1942-1984), now a logistics hub of over 208,000 people.
Forks, Washington
Forks, Washington: small city in Clallam County on the Olympic Peninsula, incorporated 1945, population 3,335 (2020). Former logging capital turned timber, government, and Twilight-tourism town near the Hoh Rain Forest.
Fort Bragg, California
Fort Bragg, California: coastal city in Mendocino County incorporated August 5, 1889, named for an 1857 army post on the Mendocino Indian Reservation; former lumber and fishing town, now a tourism hub with Glass Beach and the Skunk Train, distinct from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Foster City, California
Foster City, California: planned San Mateo County city incorporated April 27, 1971, built on filled Brewers Island with sand from San Bruno Shoal; lagoon system, levee project, 2020 population 33,805.
Fremont, California
Fremont, California: Alameda County city on southeast San Francisco Bay, incorporated 1956 from Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Warm Springs, and Mission San Jose; about 226,000 residents and a major advanced manufacturing hub.