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Welcome to Grabtown ...

Grabtown is located in San Mateo County<1>.

Grabtown is 1,600 feet [488 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Grabtown lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Grabtown: 650

Communities Also Named Grabtown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Grabtown - it's located in North Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grabtown.

Communities near Grabtown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grabtown.

  • Sunnyvale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Daly City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • San Mateo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Redwood City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain View
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Palo Alto
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • South San Francisco
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Cupertino
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Newark
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • San Bruno
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Grabtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grabtown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grabtown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grabtown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grabtown. See our Newspapers Page for Grabtown.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grabtown ...

Looking for more information about Grabtown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Grabtown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grabtown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Mateo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grabtown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.