El Cerrito, California

Contra Costa County

06-21796

El Cerrito is a city in Contra Costa County in the U.S. state of California, United States, with 23,300 inhabitants ( 2004). The geographic coordinates are: 37.92 ° N, 122.30 ° West. The metropolitan area has a size of 9.5 km ². Population: 23 171 ( 2000 census )

Sons and daughters of the town

• Eric Allman, sendmail programmer of the software, is considered the father of modern Internet e- mail
• The Fogerty brothers by Creedence Clearwater Revival grew up in El Cerrito.
• Catherine Asaro grew up in El Cerrito.
• Alfred Einstein has lived for some time in El Cerrito and died there as well.

• Location in California
• Location in North America
• Contra Costa County