Welcome to El Cerrito ...

The city of El Cerrito is located in Contra Costa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of El Cerrito, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

The city was incorporated August 23, 1917.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, El Cerrito has a population of 25,441 people<2> (see below for details).

El Cerrito is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: El Cerrito lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

El Cerrito is within the (510) area code.

Websites for El Cerrito ...

Official Website: www.el-cerrito.org/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, El Cerrito had an population of 25,441 people. This is an increase of 8.03% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 9.8% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, El Cerrito had a population of 23,549 people. This makes El Cerrito the county's 15th most populous community.

The population of El Cerrito represents 0.06% of the total population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 274th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 23,549 people, the population of El Cerrito increased 1.63% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 23,171 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for El Cerrito.

Communities Also Named El Cerrito ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named El Cerrito: This one is located in Contra Costa County and the other is located in Riverside County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for El Cerrito.

Communities near El Cerrito ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near El Cerrito.

• San Francisco
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Francisco
  • San Francisco is located in San Francisco County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 866,606 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Francisco <4>
• Oakland
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Oakland is located in Alameda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 424,891 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakland <4>
• Concord
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Concord is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 128,544 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <4>
• Vallejo
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallejo
  • Vallejo is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 120,747 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vallejo <4>
• Daly City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daly City
  • Daly City is located in San Mateo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 105,868 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daly City <4>
• San Leandro
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Leandro
  • San Leandro is located in Alameda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 89,161 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Leandro <4>
• Alameda
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
  • Alameda is located in Alameda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 78,841 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alameda <4>
• Walnut Creek
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
  • Walnut Creek is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,936 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walnut Creek <4>
• South San Francisco
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South San Francisco
  • South San Francisco is located in San Mateo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,558 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South San Francisco <4>
• San Rafael
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Rafael
  • San Rafael is located in Marin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,528 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Rafael <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around El Cerrito. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for El Cerrito.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of El Cerrito. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around El Cerrito.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around El Cerrito. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for El Cerrito.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for El Cerrito ...

Looking for more information about El Cerrito? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for El Cerrito, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for El Cerrito.

Adding El Cerrito to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of El Cerrito in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for El Cerrito was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the El Cerrito post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for El Cerrito.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for El Cerrito: www.el-cerrito.org/

The official website for Contra Costa County: www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/