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San Mateo (Spanish for ' Saint Matthew ') (/ ˌsænməˈteɪoʊ / ⓘ SAN mə-TAY-oh) is the most populous city in the county of the same name, on the San Francisco Peninsula.
San Mateo County (/ ˌsæn məˈteɪ.oʊ / ⓘ SAN mə-TAY-oh), officially the County of San Mateo, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 764,442. [8] Redwood City is the county seat, [9] the third-most populated city in the county after Daly City and San Mateo.
The first inhabitants of what is now the City of San Mateo were members a tribe of the Ohlone Indians (called Coastanoans by Spanish explorers). This Tribe lived in the area from South San Francisco to Belmont for at least 4000 years before explorers first arrived on the Peninsula.
We invite you to explore the complete County profile for a deeper understanding of this unique place. San Mateo County was formed in April 1856 out of the southern portion of then-San Francisco County with a population of fewer than 5,000 people and little in the way of commerce.
San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula. About 20 miles (32 km) south of San Francisco, the city borders Burlingame to the north, Hillsborough to the west, San Francisco Bay and Foster City to the east and Belmont to the south. The population was 105,661 at the 2020 census.
San Mateo (/ ˌ s æ n m ə ˈ t eɪ. oʊ / SAN mə-TAY-oh; Spanish for "Saint Matthew") is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In 1776, Spanish explorers came to today's San Mateo. During a scouting trip to locate a place to start a colony on the Peninsula, Lieutenant Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza, Padre Pedro Font, Lieutenant Jose Joaquin Moraga, and eleven soldiers set up camp in San Mateo.
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