Haight-Ashbury

Haight-Ashbury
Cole Street, left, and Haight Street, right
Cole Street, left, and Haight Street, right
Nicknames: 
The Haight, Upper Haight, Hashbury,[1] Psychedelphia[1]
Haight-Ashbury is located in San Francisco
Haight-Ashbury
Haight-Ashbury
Location within Central San Francisco
Coordinates: 37°46′12″N 122°26′49″W / 37.7700°N 122.4469°W / 37.7700; -122.4469
Country United States
State California
City and countySan Francisco
Government
 • SupervisorDean Preston
 • AssemblymemberMatt Haney (D)[2]
 • State senatorScott Wiener (D)[2]
 • U. S. rep.Nancy Pelosi (D)[3]
Area
 • Total
0.309 sq mi (0.80 km2)
 • Land0.309 sq mi (0.80 km2)
Population
 • Total
10,601
 • Density34,253/sq mi (13,225/km2)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Code
94117
Area codes415/628

Haight-Ashbury (/ˌht ˈæʃbɛri, -bəri/) is a district of San Francisco, California, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. It is also called the Haight and the Upper Haight.[5] The neighborhood is known as one of the main centers of the counterculture of the 1960s.[6]

  1. ^ a b Spann, Edward K. (2003). Democracy's Children: The Young Rebels of the 1960s and the Power of Ideals. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 111. ISBN 9780842051415.
  2. ^ a b "Statewide Database". UC Regents. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  3. ^ "California's 11th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC.
  4. ^ a b "Haigh-Ashbury neighborhood in San Francisco, California (CA), 94117 subdivision profile". City-Data.com. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "SF Station: Districts - Upper Haight". Sfstation.com. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  6. ^ McCleary, John Bassett (2004), The Hippie Dictionary: A Cultural Encyclopedia of the 1960s and 1970s, Ten Speed Press, pp. 246–247, ISBN 1-58008-547-4, OCLC 237866881.