Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about San Mateo came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of San Mateo in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about San Mateo. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our San Mateo data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for San Mateo:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2002
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

San Mateo is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found San Mateo in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for San Mateo for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for San Mateo. See our Misc Page for San Mateo for more information.

Railroad Mentions of San Mateo:

San Mateo was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for San Mateo: www.cityofsanmateo.org/

The official website for San Mateo County: www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/