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Cities in California that start with S
The full list of cities in California starting with S: 44 names, taken from the 289 answers to “Name a city in California” in Icillion.
All 44 cities in California that start with S
- Sacramento
- Salinas
- San Bernardino
- San Bruno
- San Carlos
- San Clemente
- San Diego
- San Franciscoalso SF, San Fran
- San Jose
- San Juan Capistrano
- San Leandro
- San Luis Obispo
- San Marcos
- San Mateo
- San Rafael
- Santa Ana
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara
- Santa Clarita
- Santa Cruz
- Santa Maria
- Santa Monica
- Santa Rosa
- Saratoga
- Sausalito
- Scotts Valley
- Seaside
- Sebastopol
- Sierra City
- Simi Valley
- Solana Beach
- Solvang
- Sonoma
- Sonora
- Soquel
- South Lake Tahoe
- South San Francisco
- Springville
- St. Helena
- Stinson Beach
- Stockton
- Sunnyvale
- Susanville
- Sutter Creek
About this list
- S is the most common first letter in this list: 44 of the 289 cities in California (15%).
- Shortest: “Sonoma”. Longest: “South San Francisco”.
- 30 names have more than one word.
- 1 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many cities in California start with S?
- 44 of the 289 cities in California in Icillion start with S, for example San Francisco, San Diego and San Jose.
- What is the longest name among cities in California that start with S?
- The longest is “South San Francisco” and the shortest is “Sonoma”.
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