Belmont, California

Belmont, California
City of Belmont
Official seal of Belmont, California
Location of Belmont in San Mateo County, California
Location of Belmont in San Mateo County, California
Belmont, California is located in the United States
Belmont, California
Belmont, California
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 37°31′5″N 122°17′30″W / 37.51806°N 122.29167°W / 37.51806; -122.29167
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySan Mateo
IncorporatedOctober 29, 1926[1]
Government
 • MayorJulia Mates[2]
 • City council[3]Davina Hurt, Vice Mayor
Tom McCune
Gina Latimerlo
Robin Pang-Maganaris
 • US RepresentativeKevin Mullin (D)[citation needed]
 • State SenatorJosh Becker (D)[citation needed]
 • AssemblymemberDiane Papan (D)[citation needed]
Area
 • Total4.64 sq mi (12.01 km2)
 • Land4.63 sq mi (11.99 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)  0.19%
Elevation43 ft (13 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total28,335
 • Density6,119.87/sq mi (2,363.11/km2)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
94002
Area code650
FIPS code06-05108
GNIS feature IDs1658029, 2409826
Websitewww.belmont.gov
City limits and streets in 1937

Belmont is a city in San Mateo County in the U.S. state of California. It is in the San Francisco Bay Area, on the San Francisco Peninsula about halfway between San Francisco and San Jose. It was originally part of Rancho de las Pulgas, for which one of its main roads, the Alameda de las Pulgas, is named. The city was incorporated in 1926. Its population was 28,335 at the 2020 census.

Ralston Hall is a historic landmark built by Bank of California founder William Chapman Ralston on the campus of Notre Dame de Namur University, and is also home to Notre Dame High School. It was built around a villa formerly owned by Count Leonetto Cipriani [fr], an Italian aristocrat. The locally famous "Waterdog Lake" is also located in the foothills and highlands of Belmont. A surviving structure from the Panama–Pacific International Exposition is on Belmont Avenue (another is the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco). The building was brought to Belmont by E.D. Swift shortly after the exposition closed in 1915.

The city is bordered by San Mateo to the north, Half Moon Bay to the west, Redwood Shores to the east, and San Carlos to the south.

Belmont has a smoking ordinance, passed in January 2009, which bans smoking in all businesses and multi-story apartments and condominiums; the ordinance has been described as one of the strictest in the nation.

  1. ^ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "City Council - City of Belmont". Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "City Council". City of Belmont. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "Belmont". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 20, 2014.