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Cambria is a seaside community with population of 6,232 located midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the California State Route 1 (Highway 1) in San Luis Obispo County, California. The name Cambria was settled upon in 1869 (previously the town had gone by the names of Slabtown, Rosaville, San Simeon and Santa Rosa).
Cambria is home to the Cambria Historical Museum in the historic East Village and Nitt Witt Ridge, a California State Historical Landmark. Hearst Castle is located approximately six miles north whilst the Northern Elephant Seal rookery at Piedras Blancas is fifteen miles north.