Editing Colma, California (section)

==Businesses==
[[File:280 Metro Center.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Aerial view of Colma, facing north; 280 Metro Center is in the lower center, adjacent to [[Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery (Colma, California)|Woodlawn]] (to the north) and Greenlawn (to the east)]]

Originally, Colma's residents were primarily employed in occupations related to the many cemeteries in the town. Since the 1980s, however, Colma has become more diversified, and a variety of retail businesses and automobile dealerships has brought more sales tax revenue to the town government.<ref name=Pogash/><ref name=Boudreau>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/06/12/couldnt-you-just-die-necropolis-usa-one-towns-underground-economy/180ef000-d571-4389-a40e-7285b87401d2/ |title=Couldn't you just die? Necropolis USA: One town's underground economy |author=Boudreau, John |date=June 12, 1994 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 11, 2018}}</ref> In 1986, 280 Metro Center opened for business in Colma; it is now recognized as the world's first [[Power center (retail)|power center]].<ref name="Laird">{{cite book |last1=Laird |first1=Gordon |title=The Price of a Bargain: The Quest for Cheap and the Death of Globalization |date=2009 |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |location=Toronto |isbn=9781551993287 |page=68 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PnuwJkSQgpsC&pg=PA68 |access-date=October 28, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Pacione">{{cite book |last1=Pacione |first1=Michael |title=Urban Geography: A Global Perspective |date=2009 |publisher=Routledge |location=Milton Park |isbn=9780415462013 |page=249 |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M3rAuvR-o-gC&pg=PT252 |access-date=October 28, 2019}}</ref>
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|+Cemeteries in Colma<ref name=Souls-book>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cityofsoulssanfr0000svan/ |title=City of Souls: San Francisco's Necropolis at Colma |author1=Svanevik, Michael |author2=Burgett, Shirley |date=1995 |publisher=Custom & Limited Editions |location=San Francisco, California |isbn=1-881529-04-5 |url-access=registration}}</ref>
! Name !! class="unsortable" | Image !! Founded !! Community !! Size !! class="unsortable" | Notes
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! Tung Sen
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| {{dunno}} || Chinese || {{dunno}}
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | These four cemeteries are within the city limits of Daly City, separated from the western campus of Cypress Lawn by [[Junipero Serra Boulevard]].
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! Hoy Sun
| [[File:Hoy Sun Ning Yung Cemetery Gate seen from front.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dunno}} || Chinese || {{dunno}}
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! Chinese Christian
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Chinese Christian & Russian Sectarian cemeteries entrance gate.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dunno}} || Chinese || {{dunno}}
|-
! Russian Sectarian
| {{dunno}} || Russian || {{dunno}}
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! [[Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California)|Holy Cross]]
| [[File:Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery (Colma, California) 13.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1887|06|03|abbr=on}} || Roman Catholic || {{dunno}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Holy Cross Mausoleum, designed by [[John McQuarrie]], is the resting site for the men who have served as [[Archbishop of San Francisco]], including [[Joseph Sadoc Alemany]], [[Patrick William Riordan]], [[Edward Joseph Hanna]], [[John Joseph Mitty]], and [[Joseph Thomas McGucken]].<ref name=Souls-book/>{{rp|63}}
|-
! [[Home of Peace Cemetery (Colma, California)|Home of Peace]]
| [[File:Emanu-El Mausoleum.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| rowspan=2 | {{dts|1889|01|01|abbr=on}} || rowspan=3 | Jewish ||{{cvt|20|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Occupies the northern half of the site
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! [[Hills of Eternity Memorial Park|Hills of Eternity]]
| [[File:Hills of Eternity Mausoleum.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
|{{cvt|20|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Occupies the southern half of the site
|-
! [[Salem Memorial Park|Salem]]
| [[File:Salem Memorial Park, Colma California.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1891|12|20|abbr=on}} || {{cvt|17|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | 
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! [[Cypress Lawn Memorial Park|Cypress Lawn]]
| [[File:Cypress Lawn cemetery, Colma, California 11.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1892|abbr=on}} || rowspan=2 | Non-sectarian || {{cvt|148|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Split into two campuses straddling El Camino Real: the {{cvt|47|acre|adj=on}} eastern (1892) and the {{cvt|101|acre|adj=on}} western (1901).
|-
! [[Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park|Mount Olivet]]
| [[File:Mount Olivet cemetery, Colma California 5.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1896|abbr=on}} || {{cvt|65|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Renamed to Olivet Memorial Park. Acquired by Cypress Lawn in 2020.
|-
! [[The Italian Cemetery (Colma, California)|Italian]]
| [[File:Italian Cemetery, Colma, California.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1899|abbr=on}} || Italian || {{cvt|35|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | 
|-
! [[Serbian Cemetery (Colma, California)|Serbian]]
| [[File:Serbian Cemetery, Colma, California.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1901|abbr=on}} || Christian Orthodox || {{cvt|16|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | 
|-
! [[Japanese Cemetery (Colma, California)|Japanese]]
| [[File:Japanese Cemetery, Colma, California 3.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1901|06|abbr=on}} || Japanese || {{cvt|2|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | 
|-
! [[Eternal Home Cemetery (Colma, California)|Eternal Home]]
| [[File:Eternal Home Cemetery, Colma California 3.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1901|07|abbr=on}} || Jewish || {{cvt|25|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Also hosts the [[Jewish Community Memory Garden]], adjacent to the children's section of the cemetery.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Silvers |first=Emma |date=November 9, 2012 |title=Memory Garden: Soon, a place for mourning parents to reflect and meditate |url=https://jweekly.com/2012/11/09/memory-garden-soon-a-place-for-mourning-parents-to-reflect-and-meditate/ |access-date=March 27, 2024 |work=J. |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! [[Greenlawn Memorial Park (Colma, California)|Greenlawn]]
| [[File:Green lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California 2.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1903|abbr=on}} || Non-sectarian || {{cvt|47|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Site purchased in 1903 by the directors of the [[Independent Order of Odd Fellows]] cemetery in San Francisco using allegedly embezzled funds, resulting in the disavowal of the site by the IOOF Grand Lodge.<ref name=Souls-book/>{{rp|113}}
|-
! [[Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery (Colma, California)|Woodlawn]]
| [[File:Woodlawn Memorial Park 4.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1904|10|29|abbr=on}} || Non-sectarian || {{cvt|92|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Originally {{cvt|47|acre}}
|-
! [[Sunset View Cemetery (Colma, California)|Sunset View]]
| [[File:Cypress Golf (Sunset View).jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1907|abbr=on}} || Non-sectarian || {{dunno}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Paupers' burial site; closed in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://smcgs.org/resources/Documents/Databases/Sunset%20View%20Cemetery_1.pdf |title=Sunset View Cemetery: Cemetery for the Paupers and the Indigent of San Francisco |author=Brabec, Russell R. |date=2015 |publisher=History Guild of Daly City/Colma, San Mateo County Genealogical Society |access-date=September 1, 2023}}</ref> Site now used for Cypress Hills Golf Course.<ref name=Souls-book/>{{rp|124}}
|-
! [[Greek Orthodox Memorial Park (Colma, California)|Greek Orthodox]]
| [[File:Greek Orthodox Memorial Park.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1935|abbr=on}} || Eastern Orthodox || {{cvt|8|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Consecrated April 1936.<ref name=Souls-book/>{{rp|126}}
|-
! [[Pets Rest Cemetery (Colma, California)|Pets Rest]]
| [[File:Pets Rest Cemetery.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1947|abbr=on}} || [[Pet cemetery|Pet]] || {{cvt|5|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | 
|-
! [[Hoy Sun Cemetery (Colma, California)|Hoy Sun]]
| [[File:Hoy Sun Memorial Cemetery.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1988|abbr=on}} || Chinese || {{cvt|8|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Acquired from Cypress Hills Golf Course when the course shrank from 18 to 9 holes.
|-
! [[Golden Hills Memorial Park (Colma, California)|Golden Hills]]
| [[File:Golden Hill Memorial Park.jpg|frameless|upright=0.6]]
| {{dts|1994|02|23|abbr=on}} || Chinese || {{cvt|14|acre}}
| style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Acquired from Cypress Hills Golf Course when the course shrank from 18 to 9 holes.
|}