San Mateo County History
Our resources
- A Brief History of San Mateo County
- Historic Places of San Mateo County
- Timeline of San Mateo County History
- Do you have records you'd like to donate to our archives? You can submit your records online. Please email us if you have questions about submitting records.
Other online resources
- Alexander, Philip W. History of San Mateo County: from the earliest times, with a description of its resources and advantages, and the biographies of its representative men. Burlingame, Calif.: Press of Burlingame Pub. Co., 1916.
- Baker, John. Homefront: Redwood City. A small town faces a big war; December 1941 to February 1942
- City of San Carlos. History of San Carlos
- City of San Mateo. An Early History of San Mateo: From Inhabitants to Incorporation
- Rigenhagen, Rhonda. A History of East Palo Alto.
- Town of Colma. History of the Town of Colma
- Town of Portola Valley. History of Portola Valley
Offline resources
- Cloud, Roy Walter. History of San Mateo County, California. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1928.
- Hynding, Alan. From frontier to suburb: the story of the San Mateo Peninsula. Belmont, Calif.: Star, 1982.
- Postel, Mitchell. Peninsula portrait: an illustrated history of San Mateo County. Northridge, Calif.: Windsor Publications, 1988.
- Richards, Gilbert. Crossroads; people and events of the redwoods of San Mateo County: a history. Woodside, Calif. [G. Richards Publications] 1973.
- Stanger, Frank Merriman. South from San Francisco; San Mateo County, California, its history and heritage. San Mateo County Historical Association, 1963.
- VanderWerf, Barbara. Granada, a synonym for paradise: the Ocean Shore Railroad years. El Granada, Calif.: Gum Tree Lane Books, 1992.
