What is Colma, California?
[[Image:Section of Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma 5.JPG|thumb|300px|A cemetery in Colma]] [[Image:Seal of Colma, California.png|thumb|200px|Official seal of Colma, California]] '''Colma''' is a small [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] [[town]] in [[San Mateo County, California|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 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Colma town, California|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Colma_town,_California?g=160XX00US0614736|access-date=July 31, 2023}}</ref> The town was founded as a [[necropolis]] in 1924. More than 1 million people are [[burial|buried]] in Colma's [[cemetery|cemeteries]].<ref name=Pogash>{{cite news | author=Pogash, Carol | title = Colma, Calif., Is a Town of 2.2 Square Miles, Most of It 6 Feet Deep | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/us/09cemetery.html | newspaper=The New York Times | date=3 December 2006 | access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commonscat}} * [http://www.colma.ca.gov/ Town of Colma] {{SF Bay Area}} {{Cities of San Mateo County, California}} [[Category:1920s establishments in California]] [[Category:1924 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Settlements in San Mateo County, California]] [[Category:Towns in California]] [[Category:Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area]] {{US-geo-stub}}