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Colma
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incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- San Mateo
- Incorporated as lawndale
- August 5, 1924
- Name changed to colma
- November 17, 1941
- Mayor
- Joanne del Rosario
- City manager
- Daniel Barros
- Total
- 1.89 sq mi (4.90 km )
- Land
- 1.89 sq mi (4.90 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0%
- Elevation
- 121 ft (37 m)
- Density
- 797.1/sq mi (307.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 06-14736
- Website
- www.colma.ca.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Colma
- Population
- 1507
- Area
- 4.944646
- Elevation
- 121
- Official website
- www.colma.ca.gov
- Image
- Aerial photo of San Bruno, Colma, Millbrae, SFO Airport.jpg
- Households
- 485
- Dialing code
- 650
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- Commons category
- Colma, California
- inception
- 1924-08-05
- water as percent of area
- 0
- P8168
- Panormos
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 47017
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Colma (Ohlone for 'springs') is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 1,507 at the 2020 census. The town was founded as a necropolis in 1924.
With most of Colma's land dedicated to cemeteries, the population of the dead—not specifically known but speculated to be around 1.5 million—outnumbers that of the living by a ratio of nearly a thousand to one. This has led to Colma being called "the City of the Silent" and has given rise to a humorous motto, formerly featured on the city's website: "It's great to be alive in Colma".
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