California's San Mateo County is located in western United States. It is located 16 miles (26 km) south of San Francisco on the western edge of San Francisco Bay. With hills to protect it from fog and ocean breeze, San Mateo has a temperate marine climate.
Ohlone Indians were the first people to live in the area. A Spanish mission hospice was founded in 1793 along a brook that was named after St. Matthew by a Spanish exploration group in 1776. Following Mexican
Following independence, the region was split between Rancho San Mateo and Rancho de Las Pulgas, two land grants, some of which are located in the present-day city. The ranchos were eventually sold, and an American community with a backdrop of farmland emerged in the 1850s. When the area was connected to San Francisco by train in 1863, men who had made fortunes during the Gold Rush acquired farms there to create their own "estates" in the country.
progressively separated to accommodate an increasing number of San Francisco commuters. The population's percentage of commuters decreased in the second half of the 20th century as San Mateo's own employment base expanded, mostly in light industry and retail.
San Mateo started to resemble a metropolis in the 1960s when a number of multistory buildings were constructed in the downtown area. Its commercial buildings and retail centers still provide services to the neighborhood. In addition to the San Mateo County Expo Center and the Bay Meadows Race Track, the city is home to the 1922 founding of the College of San Mateo. Among the nearby sights is the Coyote Point Museum, which is situated in Coyote Point Park.
teaches about the environment, and Central Park has a traditional Japanese tea garden. San Francisco Bay is crossed by the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge. Inc. city, 1894. Population (2000): 92,482; Metro Division of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Redwood City
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