Redwood City

city in San Mateo County, California, United States
Place city_of_california Q505549
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Summary

Redwood City is a city of California[1]. It draws 3,305 Wikipedia views per month (city of california category, ranking #24 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: San Mateo County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: county seat[5], charter city[6]
  • Shares border with: Menlo Park[7], San Carlos[8], Woodside[9], Atherton[10], Foster City[11], Belmont[12]
  • Named after: Sequoia sempervirens[13]
  • Twinned administrative body: Zhuhai[14], Colima[15], Annapolis[16], Aguililla Municipality[17]
  • Postal code: 94061[18], 94062[19], 94063[20], 94064[21], 94065[22]
  • Commons category: Redwood City, California[23]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−08:00[24], Pacific Time Zone[25]
  • Local dialing code: 650[26]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Silicon Valley[27]
  • Authority: City of Redwood City[28]
  • Official website: https://www.redwoodcity.org/[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Redwood City, California[30]
  • Population: 76,815[31], 84,292[32]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Redwood City, California[33]
  • Capital of: San Mateo County[34]
  • Official name: Redwood City[35]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Redwood City, California[36]
  • Category for people who died here: Q114181248[37]
  • Number of households: 30,175[38]
  • Native label: Redwood City[39]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Redwood City, California[40]
  • Different from: Redwood City[41]
  • Elevation above sea level: 20 feet[42]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 89.80136 km²[43] and 89.67692 km²[44].

Why It Matters

Redwood City has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . cacities.org. Retrieved . cacities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . subsites.chinadaily.com.cn. subsites.chinadaily.com.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Vojtěch Dostál · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 37.482777777778, 'lon': -122.23611111111}
    Per capita income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+61909'}
    Different from → Redwood City
    Official website → https://www.redwoodcity.org/
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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