History · Highlands

Highlands’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Highlands or San Mateo Highlands is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in San Mateo County, California, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 2,359.

Half of its homes were built before 1959.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Highlands yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Before
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