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Burlingame () is a city in
San Mateo County, California San Mateo County ( ), officially the County of San Mateo, is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 764,442. Redwood City, California, Redwood City is th ...
, United States. It is located on the San Francisco Peninsula and has a significant shoreline on
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. The city is named after diplomat Anson Burlingame and is known for its numerous eucalyptus groves, walkable downtown area, and public school system. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 31,386.


History

Burlingame is situated on land previously owned by San Francisco-based merchant William Davis Merry Howard. Howard planted many
eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. Most species of ''Eucalyptus'' are trees, often Mallee (habit), mallees, and a few are shrubs. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalyp ...
trees on his property and retired to live on the land. Howard died in 1856 and the land was sold to William C. Ralston, a prominent banker. In 1868, Ralston named the land after his friend Anson Burlingame, the United States Ambassador to China. After the
1906 San Francisco earthquake At 05:12 AM Pacific Time Zone, Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the coast of Northern California was struck by a major earthquake with an estimated Moment magnitude scale, moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli inte ...
, hundreds of lots in Burlingame were sold to people looking to establish new homes, and the town of Burlingame was incorporated in 1908. In 1910, the neighboring town of Easton was annexed and this area is now known as the Easton Addition neighborhood of Burlingame. Burlingame refers to itself as the City of Trees due to its over 18,000 public trees within the city. In 1908, the Burlingame board of trustees passed an ordinance "prohibiting cutting, injuring, or destroying trees". The city also has many parks and
eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. Most species of ''Eucalyptus'' are trees, often Mallee (habit), mallees, and a few are shrubs. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalyp ...
groves. In 2018, upon the 150th anniversary of the 1868 landmark Burlingame Treaty between the U.S. and China, a new bust of diplomat Anson Burlingame, sculpted by Zhou Limin from China, was unveiled at an international ceremony at the Burlingame Public Library.


Geography

According to the
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, the city has a total area of . of it is land, and of it (comprising 27.25%) is water. Several creeks drain across Burlingame from the peninsula foothills to the San Francisco Bay.


Climate

Burlingame experiences warm and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above . According to the
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system, Burlingame has a
warm-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...
.


Demographics

reported that Burlingame had a population of 31,386. The population density was . Details regarding the demographic profile are shown below. The census reported that 98.2% of the population lived in households, 0.9% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.9% were institutionalized. There were 12,481 households, out of which 33.0% included children under the age of 18, 51.5% were married-couple households, 6.6% were cohabiting couple households, 25.5% had a female householder with no partner present, and 16.4% had a male householder with no partner present. 28.2% of households were one person, and 9.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.47. There were 7,958
families Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...
(63.8% of all households). The age distribution was 22.6% under the age of 18, 5.4% aged 18 to 24, 29.4% aged 25 to 44, 26.5% aged 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 40.5years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males. There were 13,170 housing units at an average density of , of which 12,481 (94.8%) were occupied. Of these, 46.1% were owner-occupied, and 53.9% were occupied by renters. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), median household income was $168,832 and per capita income was $97,803, in 2023 dollars.


Neighborhoods

* Burlingame Estates * Burlingame Gardens * Burlingame Gate * Burlingame Hills * Burlingame Park * Burlingame Terrace * Burlingame Village * Country Club Manor * Downtown * Easton Addition * Lyon Hoag * Oak Grove Manor * Ray Park


Government

In the
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, Burlingame is in , and in . In the
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, Burlingame is in . According to the
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, as of February 10, 2019, Burlingame has 17,750 registered voters. Of those, 8,439 (47.5%) are registered Democrats, 3,048 (17.2%) are registered Republicans, and 5,551 (31.3%) have declined to state a political party.


Economy

In the 1920s, Burlingame became a popular location for automobile retailers which became known as "Auto Row". In the 1960s, various aerospace and airline support service businesses opened in Burlingame due to its proximity to
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. , LSG/Sky Chefs, Inc. and
China Airlines China Airlines (CAL; zh, t=中華航空, poj=Tiong-hôa Hâng-khong, p=Zhōnghuá Hángkōng, first=t, c=, s=) is the state-owned flag carrier of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan). It is one of Taiwan's two major airlines, along with E ...
are all located in Burlingame. The airport location has also attracted the headquarters of medium-sized multi-site companies such as Meri Meri and Proterra, Inc. Historically, Burlingame has been home to many candy and chocolate companies, including the It's-It ice cream factory and store, Guittard Chocolate, the
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lollipop factory, and family-owned candy stores, including Powell's, Preston's, Aida Opera Candies, and Nuts for Candy. Since 2010, Burlingame's economy has diversified substantially and it has become an attractive location for biotechnology companies given its proximity to South San Francisco. Biotechnology companies with offices in Burlingame include Annai Systems,
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, Cala Health, Cleave Biosciences, Collaborative Drug Discovery, Confidence Clinical Research, Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Igenica Biotherapeutics, Kindred Biosciences, Omnitura, Phoenix Pharmaceuticals, Pulse Biosciences, Respira Therapeutics, and Vector Labs. Additionally, multiple high-technology firms have established offices in Burlingame due to its location between the booming technology centers of
Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that is a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical area of the Santa Clara Valley ...
to the south and San Francisco to the north. Tech companies with Burlingame offices include: Zecco.com, Natsume, Color Genomics, CarWoo, Jobvite, DataStax, Sprint's M2M Collaboration Center, YouWeb, OpenFeint, CrowdStar, BitGravity, Veebeam, TellApart and xAI. As of March 2022, the median single home value in Burlingame was $2.8 million.


Education


Primary and secondary schools

;Public schools San Mateo Union High School District operates local high schools while the Burlingame School District operates elementary and middle schools. Burlingame High School is the city's sole public high school. Burlingame Intermediate School is Burlingame's sole public middle school. There are six public elementary schools serving Burlingame. They are Franklin Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, McKinley Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, Washington Elementary, and Hoover Elementary. According to the 2009 Base Academic Performance Index (API) Scores from the California Department of Education, the Burlingame School District ranks among the best in the state, with 4 out of their 6 public elementary schools (Roosevelt Elementary, Washington Elementary, Franklin Elementary, and Lincoln Elementary) scoring well between 880 and 925, and with ratings of 9 or 10. Burlingame school district enrollment has continually been increasing as young families move to the city. The city has passed two bond measures to add new facilities and modernize existing facilities to provide state-of-the-art classrooms. The city recently extensively renovated and modernized the Hoover School, which was built in 1931 and reopened in 2016. ;Private schools Mercy High School is a private Catholic all-girls high school in Burlingame. It was founded in 1931 by the Sisters of Mercy. The school is located in the Kohl Mansion which is a Historic Landmark. Our Lady of Angels School and St. Catherine of Siena School are located in Burlingame.


Public libraries

Burlingame Library is located in Burlingame. It was established by city ordinance October 11, 1909. Following the
Loma Prieta earthquake On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. PST, the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred at the Central Coast of California. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) ...
in 1989, the City approved a bond issue to reconstruct the library. The architecture has won awards and earned a cover story in the 1998 ''American Libraries'' journal. A second branch, located on Easton Drive, is substantially smaller than the main branch. Both are operated by the
Peninsula Library System The Peninsula Library System (PLS) is a consortium of public and community college libraries in San Mateo County, California, San Mateo County, California, United States, which serves the part of the San Francisco Bay Area known as "San Francisco ...
, the library authority for the county.


Points of interest

*Burlingame Avenue and Broadway, two streets running parallel to each other about one mile apart, are two of the city's main retail districts and downtown areas. Downtown Burlingame Avenue also houses the Apple Store. * Burlingame Station, a Caltrain station in Burlingame, is listed on the
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. * Kohl Mansion is a 63-room brick Tudor-style mansion on of land. It was originally built by Bessie and Frederick Kohl, with architects Howard and White, and completed in 1914. The estate included tennis courts, greenhouses, a rose garden, a large carriage house, and a 150,000 gallon reservoir. In 1921, the silent version of the film Little Lord Fauntleroy, with
Mary Pickford Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American film actress and producer. A Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, pioneer in the American film industry with a Hollywood care ...
, was filmed in the Kohl Mansion. The mansion, sold to the
Sisters of Mercy The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute for women in the Catholic Church. It was founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley. In 2019, the institute had about 6,200 Religious sister, sisters worldwide, organized into a number ...
in 1924, was a convent from 1924 to 1931, and it has been the home of Mercy High School since 1931. *The Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia was located off of Burlingame avenue and claimed to have every Pez dispenser ever sold. It was founded in 1995 by Gary and Nancy Doss who had been collecting Pez dispensers for more than a decade. The museum was featured in ''
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'', on the
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, and
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. It closed in July 2019.


Transportation


Highways

Three highways pass through Burlingame. Highway 101 runs from San Jose to
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along
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. Highway 82, also known as El Camino Real, runs parallel to Highway 101 and acts as the main corridor for local traffic going up and down the peninsula. A small section of
Highway 35 The following highways are numbered 35: The Karakoram Highway (Urdu language, Urdu: شاہراہ قراقرم, ''Śāhirāh-i Qarāquram''), also known as the KKH, National Highway 35 (Urdu language, Urdu: قومی شاہراہ ۳۵), N-35, and ...
(Skyline Boulevard) also lies with city limits. It connects with Interstate 280, which runs along the side of Burlingame opposite Highway 101.


Public transport

Caltrain Caltrain (reporting mark JPBX) is a commuter rail line in California, serving the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley). The southern terminus is in San Jose, California, San Jose at the Tamien station with weekday r ...
has served Burlingame station since 1985 when it bought out Southern Pacific. It uses the same depot that was used in the early 20th century.
Bay Area Rapid Transit Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California. BART serves 50 stations along six routes and of track, including eBART, a spur line running to Antioch, and Oakland Airport Connecto ...
has its southern terminus for the Red and
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lines in Millbrae, just north of Burlingame. BART's tracks are within Burlingame city limits. In terms of buses, Burlingame is served by SamTrans bus lines 292, 398, 46 and the ECR as well as Commute.org and Caltrain shuttles. The City of Burlingame and local businesses sponsor the Burlingame Trolley, a two-route shuttle.


Air transport

Burlingame is among the closest cities to
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, and through BART and buses, is directly accessible to the airport's AirTrain system. Through BART, Burlingame is also connected to
Oakland International Airport Oakland International Airport is an international airport in Oakland, California, United States. The airport is located south of downtown Oakland and east of San Francisco, serving the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The airport is ...
, and by using a combination of CalTrain services and VTA buses or light rail, Burlingame is connected to San Jose International Airport.


Notable people


Actors

*
Dianna Agron Dianna Elise Agron ( ; born April 30, 1986) is an American actress and singer. List of Dianna Agron performances, Her work spans screen and stage, and her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award and nomination for a Brit Award. Agron bega ...
, actress from ''
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'', attended Burlingame Intermediate School and Burlingame High School * Sally Dryer, actress known for voicing Lucy Van Pelt in Peanuts holiday specials * Hannah Hart, comedian and YouTuber, was raised in Burlingame * Adam Klein, winner of '' Survivor: Millennials vs Gen X'', attended Burlingame High School * Brad Schreiber, author and TV writer-producer, attended Burlingame High School and lived in the mayor's mansion at 238 Myrtle Road


Artists and designers

* Chen Chi-kwan, (1921–2007) Taiwanese-born artist, architect, and educator, lived and died in Burlingame. * Leon Gilmour, (1907–1996)
wood engraving Wood engraving is a printmaking technique, in which an artist works an image into a block of wood. Functionally a variety of woodcut, it uses relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and prints using relatively l ...
artist, died in Burlingame * Percy Gray, artist and painter, lived in Burlingame from 1912 to 1923 * Fred Lyon (1924–2022) American photographer, raised in Burlingame.


Businesspeople and entrepreneurs

*
Marc Benioff Marc Russell Benioff (born September 25, 1964) is an American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist. Benioff is best known as the co-founder, chairman and CEO of the software company Salesforce, as well as being the owner of ''Time (magazine ...
, founder and CEO of Salesforce.com, attended Burlingame High School *
Charles S. Howard Charles Stewart Howard (February 28, 1877 – June 6, 1950) was an American businessman. He made his fortune as an automobile dealer and became a prominent thoroughbred racehorse owner. Biography Howard was dubbed one of the most successful Bui ...
, owner of
Seabiscuit Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-hors ...
, owned a home in Burlingame *
Leonard Read Leonard Edward Read (September 26, 1898 – May 14, 1983) was the founder of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), one of the first free market think tanks in the United States. He wrote 29 books and numerous essays, including "I, Pencil ...
, founder of the
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, lived in Burlingame


Writers

* Bill Amend, author of the comic strip ''
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'', attended Burlingame High School * Shirley Jackson, author, whose novel '' The Road Through the Wall'' is set in Burlingame * Tamora Pierce, best-selling children's author, attended Burlingame Intermediate School


Sports

* Travis Bader, basketball player, attended Burlingame Intermediate School and Burlingame High School * David Bakhtiari, starting offensive tackle for the
Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. They ar ...
, lives in Burlingame * Scott Feldman, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds * George Kelly,
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baseball player nicknamed "High Pockets", lived and died in Burlingame * Hank Sauer, two-time All-Star outfielder for
Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Division. Th ...
, died in Burlingame


Others

* Jung-Ho Pak, orchestra conductor, was born in Burlingame *
Tom Lantos Thomas Peter Lantos (born Tamás Péter Lantos; February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) was a Hungarian-born American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his deat ...
, Democratic Congressman who resided in Burlingame during his time in office. * Katrina Swett, President of the Lantos Foundation. Former chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2002 and 2010 candidate for New Hampshire's
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congressional district. Daughter of Congressman Tom Lantos and wife of Congressman Richard Swett.


In popular culture

*In '' The Maltese Falcon'', Sam Spade rushes to 26 Ancho Street in Burlingame to rescue Brigid O'Shaughnessy. *Scenes from the film '' Dangerous Minds'' were filmed on the campus of Burlingame High School in the spring of 1994. *Burlingame is home to the historic Kohl Mansion, where the movie '' Flubber'' was filmed. *In
James Patterson James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author. Among his works are the '' Alex Cross'', '' Michael Bennett'', '' Women's Murder Club'', '' Maximum Ride'', '' Daniel X'', '' NYPD Red'', '' Witch & Wizard'', '' Private'' and ...
's ''Women's Murder Club'' series, San Francisco Assistant District Attorney Jill Bernhardt lives in Burlingame. * Leo Wyatt, a character from the series ''
Charmed ''Charmed'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The series was originally broadc ...
'', was born in Burlingame.


References


External links

*
Burlingame Public Library

Burlingame Historical Society

Downtown Burlingame Directory
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