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| Official name | City of Millbrae |
|---|---|
| Native name | |
| Settlement type | City |
| Motto | A City In The Sun |
| Imagesize | 300px |
| Image seal | Citysealmillbrae.gif |
| Map caption | Location in San Mateo County and the state of California |
| Pushpin map | |
| Pushpin label position | |
| Coordinates region | US-CA |
| Subdivision type | Country |
| Subdivision name | United States |
| Subdivision type1 | State |
| Subdivision name1 | California |
| Subdivision type2 | County |
| Subdivision name2 | San Mateo |
| Government type | Council-manager government |
| Leader title | Mayor |
| Leader name | Paul Seto |
| Leader title1 | |
| Established title | |
| Established title2 | |
| Established title3 | |
| Unit pref | |
| Area footnotes | |
| Area total sq mi | 3.23 |
| Area land sq mi | 3.21 |
| Area water sq mi | 0.02 |
| Area water percent | 0.62 |
| Population as of | 2000 |
| Population total | 20718 |
| Population density sq mi | 6446.4 |
| Timezone | PST |
| Utc offset | -8 |
| Timezone dst | PDT |
| Utc offset dst | -7 |
| Coordinates display | title, inline |
| Elevation footnotes | |
| Elevation ft | 33 |
| Postal code type | ZIP codes |
| Postal code | 94030-94031 |
| Area code | 650 |
| Blank name | FIPS code |
| Blank info | 06-47486 |
| Blank1 name | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 info | 1659756 |
Millbrae used a private patrol financed by fees from merchants and residents until 1941, when the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors created the Millbrae Police District. Records of the Internal Revenue Service document the licensing of several Millbrae bars for gambling; only after incorporation were gambling laws enforced in Millbrae and not until the 1950s was gambling defeated. In 1931, citizens organized a volunteer fire department, which remained entirely volunteer until 1938. The police and fire departments were housed together for several years at Hillcrest Boulevard and El Camino Real before the vital services moved to their permanent location in Millbrae's civic center, a few blocks west of El Camino.
For many Millbrae residents, the original Sixteen Mile House was a direct link to Millbrae's early days. The rest stop was built in 1872 by members of the Sanchez family, the original landholders of the Rancho Buri Buri, which at one time comprised parts of present-day Millbrae and Burlingame. The building faced demolition but was moved to its current location on Broadway and serves today as a tavern and restaurant.
Spurred largely by the desire to secure the Mills' estate for residential use and by the efforts of Millbrae's weekly newspaper, the Millbrae Sun, residents heatedly discussed incorporation for over a decade before voting to incorporate. Finally, on January 14, 1948, residents of Millbrae traveled to Sacramento to present their new city's charter. W.F. Leutenegger was elected mayor to represent Millbrae's nearly 8,000 residents. That year, Green Hills Elementary School opened as Millbrae's first new school in over 25 years, in anticipation of the educational needs of the post-war "baby boom" children. The new city's chief industries were agriculture, floriculture, dairy, and porcelain manufacturing. Many families that built the new city have never left.
In the 1950s, Millbrae residents united to resist efforts to divide the city by the planned Junipero Serra Freeway (I-280), which was later routed parallel to Junipero Serra Boulevard, then through a canyon in San Bruno up to Skyline Boulevard. An unsuccessful effort to save the original Sixteen Mile House in the 1970s led to the birth of the Millbrae Historical Society and eventual successful crusades to save the Millbrae train station and the historic building that has become the Millbrae Historical Museum. Such challenges, though inevitable, have only strengthened Millbrae's resolve to preserve the city's unique character and rich history.
Millbrae is also the home of Green Hills Country Club which was designed by famed golf course architect Dr. Alister MacKenzie (who designed other noteworthy courses such as Cypress Point, Augusta National, Royal Melbourne, Pasatiempo, and many more). The course was originally known as the Union League Golf Club of San Francisco (1930 to 1933) and Millbrae Country Club (1933 to 1945). The course provides a green belt in the center of the city that is the home of many animals, such as the red-tail fox, that otherwise would not be able to survive in the urban setting. It also may be the only area of the city where natural creeks still flow overground.
Transportation has shaped Millbrae's growth. From the turn of the century, the #40 "interurban" streetcar traveled through Millbrae, linking the city with San Francisco and San Mateo. Millbrae's high school children rode the streetcar to attend Burlingame High School until Capuchino High School opened on September 11, 1950. The streetcar line was dismantled just after Millbrae's incorporation, leaving the Southern Pacific Railroad as the only railway linking Millbrae with surrounding areas. The Sixteen Mile House marked Millbrae along the railroad route, located where Millbrae's first Corner Frame Shop stands today. In the 1940s, as long-time residents vividly recall, a hilltop literally was shaved away to produce landfill for expanding San Francisco Airport, which received an "international" designation in 1954 with the completion of the Central Terminal.
Today, Millbrae boasts over 21,000 residents. Residents are employed in various industries throughout the Bay Area and children attend one of five public elementary schools, or private schools. The city's senior citizen community recently dedicated a new senior wing within the Millbrae community center. Millbrae has Sister City relationships with La Serena, Chile, and Mosta, Malta.
There were 7,956 households out of which 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the city the population was spread out with 20.6% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 89.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males.
According to a 2008 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $77,128, and the median income for a family was $97,351. Males had a median income of $51,867 versus $40,249 for females. About 2.2% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.2% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.
Millbrae School District oversees four public elementary schools (Meadows, Green Hills, Spring Valley, and Lomita Park) and one middle school (Taylor Middle School, named after the family that owned land along Taylor Boulevard prior to the city being laid out).
Millbrae has one private school at Saint Dunstan's, a Catholic church. The school provides education for grades K-8.
Millbrae has one public high school, Mills High School, which is part of the San Mateo Union High School District. Mills High School is the highest scoring high school, test-wise, in San Mateo County. Although surrounded by land that is part of Millbrae, nearby Capuchino High School is located in San Bruno. Mills High School is situated about a block away from the southern border of Millbrae with Burlingame.
The Millbrae Intermodal Station serves as a major transit hub for the Peninsula, connecting the BART, Caltrain, and SamTrans networks. It is the largest intermodal station west of the Mississippi river, in terms of construction size and land usage. The BART Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO/Millbrae line and Richmond–Millbrae line serve the Millbrae Intermodal Station. A SamTrans local line 43 serves Millbrae.
* La Serena, Chile Mosta, Malta
Category:Cities in California Category:Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area Category:Populated places in San Mateo County, California
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