Cambria
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census designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- San Luis Obispo
- Named after
- Cambria County, Pennsylvania
- Total
- 8.42 sq mi (21.80 km )
- Land
- 8.42 sq mi (21.80 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0%
- Elevation
- 43 ft (13 m)
- Density
- 674.5/sq mi (260.41/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Fips code
- 06-10074
- Gnis feature ids
- 1652683 , 2407941
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- census-designated place in the United States
- Official name
- Cambria
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- San Luis Obispo County
- Population
- 5678
- Area
- 22.036561
- Elevation
- 13
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00
- Image
- BurtonDrive CambriaCA.jpg
- Households
- 2654
- Dialing code
- 805
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- Commons category
- Cambria, California
- postal code
- 93428
- topic's main category
- Category:Cambria, California
- water as percent of area
- 0
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 43608
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Encyclopedic overview
Cambria Historical Museum, in the restored Guthrie-Bianchini House, built 1870 Bluffs and rocky shoreline at the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve in Cambria
Cambria (/ˈkæmbriə/) is a coastal town in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles along California State Route 1 (Highway 1). The name Cambria, chosen in 1869, is the Latin name for Wales (Welsh, Cymru). Cambria is situated amidst Monterey pines in one of only three such native forests. The town previously had gone by the names of Slabtown, Rosaville, San Simeon, and Santa Rosa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cambria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.