Welcome to San Francisco ...

San Francisco is located in Carroll County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Francisco, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

When the people of San Francisco refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use San Franciscan<2>

Time Zone: San Francisco lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for San Francisco: 660

Communities Also Named San Francisco ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named San Francisco - they are located in California, Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for San Francisco.

Adding San Francisco to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of San Francisco in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for San Francisco was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the San Francisco post office opened in 1858.

For more details, see References and Mentions for San Francisco.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of San Francisco refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of San Francisco may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/