California (disambiguation)

California is a state of the United States.

It may also refer to:

Regions and Historical Territories

• California Republic, a short-lived state declared during the Mexican–American War
• The Californias or Las Californias, a region along the west coast of North America during Spanish and Mexican rule
  • Alta California, formerly a province and territory in the Viceroyalty of New Spain and later a territory and department in independent Mexico
    • Alta California Territory (1824–48)
  • Baja California Peninsula
    • Baja California Province (1773–1824)
    • Baja California Territory (1824–1931)
    • Baja California, a present-day state of Mexico
    • Baja California Sur, a present-day state of Mexico
• Island of California, an early geographical misconception that the Baja California Peninsula was an island

United States

• California City, Kern, California
• California Township, Starke, Indiana
  
• California, Campbell, Kentucky
• California, Louisville, a neighborhood in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
• California, Aroostook, Maine
• California, St. Mary's, Maryland
• California, Branch, Michigan
• California, Moniteau, Missouri
• California, Dare, North Carolina
• California, Hamilton, Ohio
• California, Bucks, Pennsylvania
• California, Washington, Pennsylvania
• California, Kentucky, a city
• California, Louisville, Kentucky, a neighborhood
• California, Maine, an unincorporated community
• California, Maryland, a census-designated place and community
• California, Missouri, a city
• California, Cincinnati, Ohio, a neighborhood
• California, Pennsylvania, a borough
• Califon, New Jersey, originally named California, a borough
• California City, California
• California Township, Michigan
• Big Plain, Ohio or California, an unincorporated community

Canada

• California, New Brunswick
  • Lower California (New Brunswick)
• California, Lanark County, Ontario
• California, Leeds and Grenville County, Ontario
• New California, Ontario

Mexico

• Baja California, one of the 31 states of Mexico. Formerly known as North Territory of Baja California.
• Baja California Sur, one of the 31 states of Mexico. Formerly known as South Territory of Baja California.
• Baja California Peninsula, or Lower California peninsula, a peninsula of North America in the west of Mexico.
• Gulf of California, the body of water between Baja California Peninsula and the rest of Mexico, also called Sea of Cortez.
• Baja California, Chiapas, Mexico

Central America

• California, Usulután, El Salvador

Caribbean

• California, Trinidad, a settlement in central Trinidad and Tobago 

South America

• São Francisco da California, Ceará, Brazil
  
• Califórnia, a municipality in Paraná, Brazil
• California, Santander, a municipality in the Santander Department, Colombia

Europe

• Italy
  • California, Lecco, Lombardy
  • Campofiorenzo-California, Lecco, Lombardy
  • California, Castelfranco Emilia, Emilia Romagna, Modena
  • La California, a village in the municipality of Bibbona in Tuscany, province of Livorno
  • California, Lesmo, Milan
  • Nouva California, Ardea, Rome
  • California, Gosaldo, locality in the province of Belluno
• The Netherlands:
  • Californië (Gelderland), a tiny settlement
  • Californië (Limburg), a tiny settlement
• United Kingdom:
  • California, Berkshire
  • California, Buckinghamshire
  • California, Derby
  • California, Falkirk, see List of census localities in Scotland
  • California, Norfolk, a seaside resort near Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby
  • California, Suffolk, a suburb of Ipswich

New Zealand

• California, Auckland, New Zealand

Historical Places

• California Republic, a short-lived independent state founded by American rebels against Mexico in 1846
• Alta California, the northern part of the California region of New Spain and Mexico, formed as a separate territory in 1804 and acquired by the United States in 1848.
• Baja California (territory), the southern part of the California region of New Spain and Mexico, formed as a separate territory in 1804. In 1930 the territory was separated into North and South territories.
• Las Californias, the wider region along the west coast of North America during Spanish and Mexican rule.
• Island of California, an early geographical misconception that the Baja California Peninsula was an island.