San Mateo, California

San Mateo is the most populous city in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula. It is part of the San Francisco Bay Area and lies about 20 miles (32 km) south of San Francisco, bordering 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. The earliest known settlers of the area were the Ramaytush people, present since at least 10000 BC. In 1789 Spanish missionaries named a native village along Laurel Creek Los Laureles, and in 1858 a stage station of the Butterfield Overland Mail route, Sun Water Station, was established in San Mateo. The city was incorporated on September 4, 1894. Its biggest economic drivers include technology, health care and education.