Colma, California

town in San Mateo County, California, United States

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]

A cemetery in Colma
Official seal of Colma, California

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  1. "Colma town, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  2. Pogash, Carol (3 December 2006). "Colma, Calif., Is a Town of 2.2 Square Miles, Most of It 6 Feet Deep". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

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