Colma, California
Colma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, near the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 1,507 at the 2020 census.[1] The town was founded as a necropolis in 1924. More than 1 million people are buried in Colma's cemeteries.[2]
Colma, California Media
Aerial view of Colma, from the south; San Francisco is visible in the distance at upper right and I-280 runs north in the lower left corner. The prominent rectangular green space in the foreground is the western campus of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, acquired in the early 1900s.
Aerial view of Colma, facing north; 280 Metro Center is in the lower center, adjacent to Woodlawn (to the north) and Greenlawn (to the east)
References
- ↑ "Colma town, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- ↑ Pogash, Carol (3 December 2006). Colma, Calif., Is a Town of 2.2 Square Miles, Most of It 6 Feet Deep. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/us/09cemetery.html. Retrieved 13 February 2011.